FCC Chairman Response to Sens Klobuchar and Lee Regarding the Proposed Acquisition of AT&T and DirecTV

On Oct 31, 2014, Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Sen Mike Lee (R-UT) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding certain concerns they had about the proposed merger of AT&T and DirecTV.

On Nov 26, 2014, Chairman Wheeler responded, writing "...concerns about stand-alone broadband services, access to independent programming, and program access issues related to regional sports networks have all been raised in the initial comment period for this transaction. I assure you that the commission will continue to conduct an open and transparent process as we review the issues presented by the proposed transaction."