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Ron Johnson: “The FCC supposed to be an independent agency, correct?”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Johnson at the Senate Commerce Committee

Published | Video Starts at 01:12

Appreciate it. I don't get to talk about Ohio State. I'm really concerned and the chairman is. We're concerned about Packer games. 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? (01:12–01:15)

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Asserts that the FCC is supposed to be an independent agency.

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