Chairman Wheeler, you are chairman of a independent agency. The FCC supposed to be an independent agency, correct? Yes, sir. Accountable to creation of Congress? Correct. Excuse me. Yes, sir. Have you had a chance to read the report that we issued out of my committee on Homeland Security Governmental affairs regulating the Internet, how the White House bowled over FCC independence? No, sir, but I have read summaries of it. Okay. There are a number of troubling findings. I'd like to ask a couple questions. (01:21–01:32)
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