Republicans Not To Blame for Delay in Release of Net Neutrality Order, O'Rielly Says
FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly released a statement late Thursday saying Republicans are not to blame for any delay in release of the FCC’s net neutrality order, approved by commissioners on a 3-2 vote earlier in the day. FCC Chairman Tom…
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Wheeler had mentioned in the press conference after Thursday's meeting the FCC's need to respond to dissents as one of the factors that could slow release of an order. “To be clear, I filed a version of my dissenting statement … with a longer one to follow in the next few days,” O'Rielly said. “To say that this is somehow holding up the Commission’s release of the document and extending the process is ludicrous. After refusing to share this document for three weeks, it takes a lot of nerve for Commission leadership to blame me for its lack of transparency.” FCC General Counsel Jon Sallet said Thursday that waiting for the dissents to be filed is mandated by language in a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which requires federal agencies to provide a response in the final order. The FCC will work “as quickly as possible,” Sallet said. “Our goal is to get the process moving forward.” The opinion Sallet cited is Electric Power Supply Association v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a May 2014 decision on which the administration is seeking Supreme Court review.