FCC: We've Sent 13,000 Pages of LightSquared Documents to Committee

The Federal Communications Commission turned over 13,000 pages of LightSquared documents to the Republican leaders of the House Commerce Committee and promised continue to cooperate with the committee.

It has been a month since the Feb. 28 request by Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) for information pertaining to the FCC's waiver to LightSquared, which it is now planning to rescind due to GPS interference issues. The legislators did not give the FCC a deadline, but the release of those documents is expected to trigger their vetting by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) -- the committee has signaled it will share them -- after which Sen Grassley has suggested he may lift the threatened hold on FCC commissioner nominees Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai.