FCC Chairman Wheeler agrees to testify to House Oversight on White House influence

Amid heated allegations that he has allowed his agency to be a puppet for the White House, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee on March 17. Chairman Wheeler is also scheduled to testify along with his four fellow commissioners the following day in the Senate Commerce Committee. Unlike that session, however, which will focus on general oversight and the FCC’s new network neutrality rules, the House panel will focus specifically on whether or not the legally independent agency has had an inappropriate relationship with the White House.