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The nascent Republican leadership race to succeed retiring House Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.) is scrambling expectations as to who will hold the GOP's top seat on the House Communications Subcommittee in the next Congress, lobbyists and observers told us. Environment Subcommittee Chairman Buddy Carter, R-Ga., confirmed to us Thursday he’s interested in House Communications’ lead GOP seat, but other lawmakers are too.
House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta, R-Ohio, and ranking member
Doris Matsui, D-Calif., asked DOD and NTIA Wednesday for an explanation of how they
Reps. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) and Bob Latta (R-Ohio) sent a letter to NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson and Defense Department CIO John Sherman, requesting the information on their agencies’ processes for studies of the lower 3 GHz band. (MT’s also watching for more details to emerge from the administration's national spectrum strategy implementation plan, which is due in mid-March.)
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Congressional Republican leaders are determined to advance a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval to undo the FCC’s digital discrimination order (H.J.Res. 107) despite widespread acknowledgment the measure faces long odds of making it through the majority-Democratic Senate and an all-but-certain veto from President Joe Biden. GOP leaders’ intent in pursuing H.J.Res. 107 appears to be to bolster legal challenges of the digital discrimination order, officials and lobbyists told us. House Communications Subcommittee member Rep.
House Communications Subcommittee members were universally positive about the Future Uses of Technology Upholding Reliable and Enhancing Networks Act (HR-1513) and four other communications network security bills during a Thursday hearing. House Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and other lawmakers used the hearing to continue the drumbeat for Congress to allocate an additional $3.08 billion to close a funding shortfall for the FCC’s Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program, as expected (see 2402140055).
The House Energy & Commerce panel dives into network security today as lawmakers raise alarms over Chinese tech increasingly woven into U.S. networks. But efforts to root out equipment from foreign adversaries like Huawei and ZTE are hitting roadblocks, with telecoms decrying Congress’ failure to fully fund a Federal Communications Commission rip-and-replace program.
A familiar boogeyman will be the main target of today’s House Energy & Commerce subcommittee hearing: China. The chamber’s subcommittee on communications and technology will review a slew of bills meant to bolster the nation’s telecom network from foreign adversaries, providing an opportunity for lawmakers to garner support for their own policy proposals. Readers can expect lots of talk on programs like rip-and-replace and the lack of funding Congress has allocated to those efforts.
An ESPN/Warner Bros. Discover/Fox partnership creating a sports streaming platform is a further nail in the coffin of the traditional video programming bundle, video industry experts say. GlobalData analyst Tammy Parker said Tuesday it is "a blockbuster deal that will further decimate the traditional US pay-TV sector."
For nearly two decades, Congresswoman Doris Matsui has represented the Sacramento region as a champion for clean energy, health care and technology. The district is centered in Sacramento and includes Elk Grove, West Sacramento, Wilton and Rancho Murieta.
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