Upcoming event
The Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full-Committee markup on H.R. 1644, the "Save the Internet Act," legislation to restore critical net neutrality protections.
An executive session to consider the following telecommunications legislative measures:
Witnesses
Ajit Pai
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Jessica Rosenworcel
Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
The hearing will focus on the data privacy issues that impact small businesses and the unique challenges they face with laws designed for larger companies.
Witnesses:
The Subcommittee will markup legislation to restore net neutrality protections that were repealed by the Trump Federal Communications Commission.
The Subcommittee will consider the following bill:
We know that White supremacists use platforms like Facebook and Twitter to silence the speech of vulnerable communities and people fighting for justice. But what do those harms really look like — and how are those lives changed?
Join the Change the Terms coalition for an hour-long conversation on the impacts of far-right hate online. Free Press’ Jessica J. González will moderate the discussion, which will feature research fellow Ana Hernández, Brandi Collins-Dexter from Color Of Change, Jess Campbell from the Rural Organizing Project and Madihha Ahussain from Muslim Advocates.
FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for April 2019 Open Meeting
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the items below are tentatively on the agenda for the April Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Friday, April 12, 2019:
5G Incentive Auction Public Notice – The Commission will consider a Public Notice seeking comment on procedures for the incentive auction of Upper Microwave Flexible Use Licenses in the Upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 47 GHz Bands (Auction 103) for Next Generation Wireless Services. (AU Docket 19-59)
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on the subjects listed below on Friday, April 12, 2019:
The Next Big Thing
The agenda for the Federal Communications Commission's April open meeting:
Rich Cordray, founding director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Rohit Chopra, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission