Top Republicans on Tuesday called on the Federal Communications Commission to cease implementing controversial regulations during the presidential transition period, telling agency chairman Tom Wheeler to drop issues that next year’s officeholders “will have an interest in reviewing.”
The letter, sent by Oregon Rep. Greg Walden and Michigan Rep. Fred Upton, advised Wheeler to focus on an incentive auction during his remaining days with the agency. “The most important challenge for the commission over the next 10 weeks is to ensure a successful broadcast incentive auction.
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