Refuses to testify? Who's in charge around here, some political appointee or Congress? This is absurd.

"The Republican chairmen of two powerful House committees blasted Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler on Wednesday for refusing to testify before their committees prior to the commission’s upcoming vote on net neutrality.

“We are deeply disappointed in Chairman Wheeler’s decision” not to testify," House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said in a joint statement.

“As Chairman Wheeler pushes forward with plans to regulate the Internet, he still refuses to directly answer growing concerns about how the rules were developed, how they are structured, and how they will stand up to judicial scrutiny. After hearing from over four million Americans on such an important topic to our economic and cultural future, it's striking that when Congress seeks transparency, Chairman Wheeler opts against it.

"The last time a rule of this magnitude was voted on by the FCC, then-Senator Obama was motivated to call for transparency at the commission," the congressmen said. "We continue that call today."

The FCC is set to vote on the proposed net neutrality regulations on Thursday. However, no one outside of the commissioners and their staff are permitted to see the regulations until they are passed. Even members of Congress are barred from reading the 332-page draft."

The chair of a federal bureaucracy shows the same dismissive disdain for Congress his boss, the President, shows. And why not? McCollum and Boehner have consistently shown themselves to be spineless.

A companion article. Guess who is behind this move toward "net neutrality"?

"Liberal philanthropist George Soros and the Ford Foundation have lavished groups supporting the administration’s “net neutrality” agenda, donating $196 million and landing proponents on the White House staff, according to a new report.

And now, as the Federal Communications Commission nears approving a type of government control over the Internet, the groups are poised to declare victory in the years-long fight, according to the report from MRC Business, an arm of the conservative media watchdog, the Media Research Center.

“The Ford Foundation, which claims to be the second-largest private foundation in the U.S., and Open Society Foundations, founded by far-left billionaire George Soros, have given more than $196 million to pro-net neutrality groups between 2000 and 2013,” said the report, authored by Media Research Center’s Joseph Rossell, and provided to Secrets.

“These left-wing groups not only impacted the public debate and funded top liberal think tanks from the Center for American Progress to Free Press. They also have direct ties to the White House and regulatory agencies. At least five individuals from these groups have ascended to key positions at the White House and FCC,” said the report which included funding details to pro-net neutrality advocates.

It quoted critic Phil Kerpen, president of American Commitment, saying, “The biggest money in this debate is from the liberal foundations that lavish millions on self-styled grassroots groups pushing for more and more regulation and federal control.”

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/soros-...article/2560702

Soros we all know. The Ford Foundation has financed any number of leftist groups and ideologies for many a year.