Sen Grassley: White House catered to lobbyists on LightSquared review

In a speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) accused the White House and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of catering to the lobbyists of the now-bankrupt wireless company LightSquared and of stonewalling his investigation into the case. Sen Grassley noted that LightSquared hired dozens of lobbyists, including a former governor, three former senators and nine former members of Congress, to push for approval of its planned high-speed wireless network. "These lobbyists provided entry into the FCC and the White House, but they couldn’t change the fact that LightSquared’s network simply couldn’t co-exist with GPS," Sen Grassley said.