D.C. Memo: E&C Chair McMorris Rodgers tells FCC's Rosenworcel to Shut It Down

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Transition: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) yesterday told FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel that the time had to come to limit her agenda over the next 75 days to just non-controversial items. “As a traditional part of the peaceful transfer of power, the FCC should immediately stop work on any partisan or controversial item under consideration, consistent with applicable law and regulation,” McMorris Rodgers said in a terse, three sentence letter to a Demcratic regulator that Republicans say pushed the limits of the law on far too many occasions. McMorris Rodgers did not run for re-election. If Rosenworcel honored McMorris Rodgers’ request, the cable industry would come away a big winner because it would stop such Rosenworcel threats as: a ban on bulk billing contracts for Internet in Multiple Dwelling Units (MDUs); a ban on Early Termination and Billing Cycle Fees; repeal of the mixed use rule (which shields cable ISP revenue from local franchise fees), a ban on most favored nation (MFN) provisions and unreasonable alternative distribution method (ADM) provisions in cable programming contracts; and require rebates for cable customers who lost programming as result of a TV station blackout. “There are many bipartisan, consensus items that the FCC could pursue to fulfill its mission before the end of your tenure. I urge you to focus your attention on these matters,” McMorris Rodgers said to Rosenworcel. McMorris Rodgers wasn’t picking on Rosenworcel. She sent similar letters to the heads of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).