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Charlie Meisch, (202) 418-2943
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For Immediate Release
CLARIFICATION ON CHAIRMAN WHEELER’S RESPONSE TO 
CONGRESSIONAL QUESTION
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WASHINGTON, June 13, 2016 – At yesterday’s FCC oversight hearing held by the House 
Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Chairman 
Wheeler was asked about a proposal by the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet 
Council (MMTC) in the Quadrennial Review order – which would extend the cable 
procurement requirements to broadcasters and other regulated communications 
industries. As the Commission’s Fact Sheet notes, the draft order that has circulated 
“address[es] proposals submitted by MMTC,” including this one. 
The following statement can be attributed to an FCC spokesperson: 
“At the hearing, Chairman Wheeler noted that in considering any action taken that might 
be subject to the Supreme Court’s Adarand decision, the Commission must be careful in 
determining whether that action would be reviewed under the strict-scrutiny standard, and 
if so whether it could satisfy that standard. The Chairman did not intend, by stating 
current law, to suggest that the MMTC procurement proposal would be subject to the 
strict-scrutiny standard.”
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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order 
constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).