STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O’RIELLY Re: Amendment of Section 73.3555(e) of the Commission’s Rules, National Television Multiple Ownership Rule, MB Docket No. 13-236 In recognition of the busy day, I'm not going to rehash all of the arguments I made when the previous Commission addressed this issue just last year. 1 Suffice it to say, I do not believe the Commission has authority presently to alter the UHF Discount, and certainly not separate from the National Television Ownership rule. I appreciate this item reverting the Commission’s rule back to its proper position. 1 See Amendment of Section 73.3555(e) of the Commission’s Rules, National Television Multiple Ownership Rule, MB Docket No. 13-236, 31 FCC Rcd 10213, 10251-52 (2016), https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC- 16-116A3.pdf.