Rep. Walden Will Go 'Nuclear' If FCC Adopts MAP Petition

At a Politico Pro event on April 1, House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) said that if the Federal Communications Commission were to use its sponsorship ID enforcement powers to require on-air identification of the people who are actually paying for political commercials, he would go "nuclear." He said that he did not want the FCC regulating speech, according to an attendee. In this case, the reference was to a petition to the FCC filed by Media Access Project asking it to require on-air identification of the people who are paying for political commercials or issue ads.