FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON OFF ICE O F TH E CHAIRMAN The Honorable Al Franken United States Senate 309 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Franken: December 13, 201 7 Thank you for your letter requesting the Commission to extend the comment deadline for filing public comments in response to the Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice of Inquiry. Your views are very important and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission' s review. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted, on September 5, 2017, the Commission' s Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released an Order extending the deadline for filing initial and reply comments for the Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Comments were due on September 21 , 201 7 and reply comments were by October 6, 2017. The Order found that an extension of the comment and reply comment deadline was appropriate in this case in order to allow interested parties additional time to analyze the technical, legal, and policy issues raised in this proceeding. However, given Section 706's congressionally mandated 180-day timeframe to complete the inquiry, a longer extension could inhibit the Commission's ability to fully consider the record and meet its statutory obligations. As the Order concludes, permitting interested parties an additional two weeks to file their comments and reply comments will provide the Commission with more thorough comments, ensuring that the agency has a complete record on which to develop its decisions, while giving the Commission sufficient time to meet its statutory obligation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. Sincerely, - v. Ajit V. Pai FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN The Honorable Amy Klobuchar United States Senate 302 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Klobuchar: December 13, 2017 Thank you for your letter requesting the Commission to extend the comment deadline for filing public comments in response to the Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Your views are very important and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission's review. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted, on September 5, 2017, the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released an Order extending the deadline for filing initial and reply comments for the Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Comments were due on September 21, 2017 and reply comments were by October 6, 2017. The Order found that an extension of the comment and reply comment deadline was appropriate in this case in order to allow interested parties additional time to analyze the technical, legal, and policy issues raised in this proceeding. However, given Section 706's congressionally mandated 180-day timeframe to complete the inquiry, a longer extension could inhibit the Commission's ability to fully consider the record and meet its statutory obligations. As the Order concludes, permitting interested parties an additional two weeks to file their comments and reply comments will provide the Commission with more thorough comments, ensuring that the agency has a complete record on which to develop its decisions, while giving the Commission sufficient time to meet its statutory obligation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any fmiher assistance. Sincerely, - v. Ajit V. Pai FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON OF FI CE O F THE CH A IRM A N The Honorable Brian Schatz United States Senate 722 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Schatz: December 13, 2017 Thank you for your letter requesting the Commission to extend the comment deadline for filing public comments in response to the Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Your views are very important and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission's review. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted, on September 5, 2017, the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released an Order extending the deadline for filing initial and reply comments for the Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Comments were due on September 21 , 2017 and reply comments were by October 6, 2017. The Order found that an extension of the comment and reply comment deadline was appropriate in this case in order to allow interested parties additional time to analyze the technical, legal, and policy issues raised in this proceeding. However, given Section 706's congressionally mandated 180-day timeframe to complete the inquiry, a longer extension could inhibit the Commission' s ability to fully consider the record and meet its statutory obligations. As the Order concludes, permitting interested parties an additional two weeks to file their comments and reply comments will provide the Commission with more thorough comments, ensuring that the agency has a complete record on which to develop its decisions, while giving the Commission sufficient time to meet its statutory obligation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. Sincerely, - -v ~' vt' , Ajit V. Pai FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON O FF ICE OF THE CHA I RMAN The Honorable Edward J. Markey United States Senate 255 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Markey: December 13, 2017 Thank you for your letter requesting the Commission to extend the comment deadline for fil ing public comments in response to the Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Your views are very imp01iant and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission' s review. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted, on September 5, 2017, the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released an Order extending the deadline for filing initial and reply comments for the Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Comments were due on September 21 , 2017 and reply comments were by October 6, 2017. The Order found that an extension of the comment and reply comment deadline was appropriate in this case in order to allow interested parties additional time to analyze the technical, legal, and policy issues raised in this proceeding. However, given Section 706 's congressionally mandated 180-day timeframe to complete the inquiry, a longer extension could inhibit the Commission's ability to fully consider the record and meet its statutory obligations. As the Order concludes, permitting interested parties an additional two weeks to file their comments and reply comments will provide the Commission with more thorough comments, ensuring that the agency has a complete record on which to develop its decisions, while giving the Commission sufficient time to meet its statutory obligation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any fmiher assistance. Sincerely, -- v. Ajit V. Pai FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON OFFICE OF THE CH A IR M AN The Honorable Elizabeth Wanen United States Senate 317 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Warren: December 13, 2017 Thank you for your letter requesting the Commission to extend the comment deadline for filing public comments in response to the Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Your views are very important and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission' s review. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted, on September 5, 2017, the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released an Order extending the deadline for filing initial and reply comments for the Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Comments were due on September 21 , 20 17 and reply comments were by October 6, 2017. The Order found that an extension of the comment and reply comment deadline was appropriate in this case in order to allow interested parties additional time to analyze the technical, legal, and policy issues raised in this proceeding. However, given Section 706's congressionally mandated 180-day timeframe to complete the inquiry, a longer extension could inhibit the Commission' s ability to fully consider the record and meet its statutory obligations. As the Order concludes, permitting interested parties an additional two weeks to file their comments and reply comments will provide the Commission with more thorough comments, ensuring that the agency has a complete record on which to develop its decisions, while giving the Commission sufficient time to meet its statutory obligation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any fmiher assistance. Sincerely, - - v. Ajit V. Pai FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON OFFICE OF THE CHA I RMAN The Honorable Heidi Heitkamp United States Senate 110 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Heitkamp: December 13, 2017 Thank you for your letter requesting the Commission to extend the comment deadline for filing public comments in response to the Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Your views are very important and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission ' s review. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted, on September 5, 2017, the Commission' s Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released an Order extending the deadline for filing initial and reply comments for the Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Comments were due on September 21 , 2017 and reply comments were by October 6, 2017. The Order found that an extension of the comment and reply comment deadline was appropriate in this case in order to allow interested parties additional time to analyze the technical, legal, and policy issues raised in this proceeding. However, given Section 706's congressionally mandated 180-day timeframe to complete the inquiry, a longer extension could inhibit the Commission's ability to fully consider the record and meet its statutory obligations. As the Order concludes, permitting interested parties an additional two weeks to file their comments and reply comments will provide the Commission with more thorough comments, ensuring that the agency has a complete record on which to develop its decisions, while giving the Commission sufficient time to meet its statutory obligation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. Sincerely, ... , ,,-... : v. Ajit V. Pai FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON OFF IC E OF THE CH A IR MAN The Honorable Kirsten Gillibrand United States Senate 4 78 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Gillibrand: December 13, 2017 Thank you for your letter requesting the Commission to extend the comment deadline for filing public comments in response to the Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Your views are very important and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission's review. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted, on September 5, 2017, the Commission' s Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released an Order extending the deadline for filing initial and reply comments for the Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Comments were due on September 21 , 2017 and reply comments were by October 6, 2017. The Order found that an extension of the comment and reply comment deadline was appropriate in this case in order to allow interested parties additional time to analyze the technical, legal, and policy issues raised in this proceeding. However, given Section 706' s congressionally mandated 180-day timeframe to complete the inquiry, a longer extension could inhibit the Commission's ability to fully consider the record and meet its statutory obligations. As the Order concludes, permitting interested parties an additional two weeks to file their comments and reply comments will provide the Commission with more thorough comments, ensuring that the agency has a complete record on which to develop its decisions, while giving the Commission sufficient time to meet its statutory obligation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. Sincerely, - v. Ajit V. Pai FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON O FF ICE OF T HE CHA I RMAN The Honorable Richard Blumenthal United States Senate 706 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Blumenthal: December 13, 2017 Thank you for your letter requesting the Commission to extend the comment deadline for filing public comments in response to the Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice of Inquiry. Your views are very important and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and considered as paii of the Commission's review. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted, on September 5, 2017, the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released an Order extending the deadline for filing initial and reply comments for the Section 706 Report Notice of Inquiry. Comments were due on September 21 , 2017 and reply comments were by October 6, 2017. The Order found that an extension of the comment and reply comment deadline was appropriate in this case in order to allow interested parties additional time to analyze the technical, legal, and policy issues raised in this proceeding. However, given Section 706's congressionally mandated 180-day timeframe to complete the inquiry, a longer extension could inhibit the Commission's ability to fully consider the record and meet its statutory obligations. As the Order concludes, permitting interested parties an additional two weeks to file their comments and reply comments will provide the Commission with more thorough comments, ensuring that the agency has a complete record on which to develop its decisions, while giving the Commission sufficient time to meet its statutory obligation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. Sincerely, - v. Ajit V. Pai FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON OF FI CE OF T HE CHAIRMAN The Honorable Ron Wyden United States Senate 221 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Wyden: December 13, 2017 Thank you for your letter requesting the Commission to extend the comment deadline for filing public comments in response to the Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Your views are very important and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission's review. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted, on September 5, 2017, the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released an Order extending the deadline for filing initial and reply comments for the Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Comments were due on September 21 , 2017 and reply comments were by October 6, 2017. The Order found that an extension of the comment and reply comment deadline was appropriate in this case in order to allow interested parties additional time to analyze the technical, legal, and policy issues raised in this proceeding. However, given Section 706's congressionally mandated 180-day timeframe to complete the inquiry, a longer extension could inhibit the Commission's ability to fully consider the record and meet its statutory obligations. As the Order concludes, permitting interested paiiies an additional two weeks to file their comments and reply comments will provide the Commission with more thorough comments, ensuring that the agency has a complete record on which to develop its decisions, while giving the Commission sufficient time to meet its statutory obligation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. Sincerely, - v. Ajit V. Pai FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON OFF IC E OF THE CH A I RMAN The Honorable Sherrod Brown United States Senate 713 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Brown: December 13, 201 7 Thank you for your letter requesting the Commission to extend the comment deadline for filing public comments in response to the Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Your views are very important and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission's review. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted, on September 5, 2017, the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released an Order extending the deadline for filing initial and reply comments for the Section 706 Report Notice of Inquiry. Comments were due on September 21 , 2017 and reply comments were by October 6, 2017. The Order found that an extension of the comment and reply comment deadline was appropriate in this case in order to allow interested parties additional time to analyze the technical, legal, and policy issues raised in this proceeding. However, given Section 706 ' s congressionally mandated 180-day timeframe to complete the inquiry, a longer extension could inhibit the Commission's ability to fully consider the record and meet its statutory obligations. As the Order concludes, permitting interested parties an additional two weeks to file their comments and reply comments will provide the Commission with more thorough comments, ensuring that the agency has a complete record on which to develop its decisions, while giving the Commission sufficient time to meet its statutory obligation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. Sincerely, - v. Ajit V. Pai FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMM ISSION WASHINGTON OFF ICE O F T HE C H A I RMAN The Honorable Tammy Baldwin United States Senate 717 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Baldwin: December 13, 2017 Thank you for your letter requesting the Commission to extend the comment deadline for filing public comments in response to the Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Your views are very important and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission's review. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted, on September 5, 2017, the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released an Order extending the deadline for filing initial and reply comments for the Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Comments were due on September 21 , 2017 and reply comments were by October 6, 2017. The Order found that an extension of the comment and reply comment deadline was appropriate in this case in order to allow interested parties additional time to analyze the technical, legal, and policy issues raised in this proceeding. However, given Section 706's congressionally mandated 180-day timeframe to complete the inquiry, a longer extension could inhibit the Commission's ability to fully consider the record and meet its statutory obligations. As the Order concludes, permitting interested parties an additional two weeks to :f1le their comments and reply comments will provide the Commission with more thorough comments, ensuring that the agency has a complete record on which to develop its decisions, while giving the Commission sufficient time to meet its statutory obligation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. Sincerely, - v. Ajit V. Pai FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON O FF ICE OF THE CH A IR MAN The Honorable Tom Udall United States Senate 531 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Udall : December 13, 2017 Thank you for your letter requesting the Commission to extend the comment deadline for filing public comments in response to the Thirteenth Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Your views are very important and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission's review. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted, on September 5, 2017, the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released an Order extending the deadline for filing initial and reply comments for the Section 706 Report Notice oflnquiry. Comments were due on September 21 , 201 7 and reply comments were by October 6, 2017. The Order found that an extension of the comment and reply comment deadline was appropriate in this case in order to allow interested parties additional time to analyze the technical, legal, and policy issues raised in this proceeding. However, given Section 706's congressionally mandated 180-day timeframe to complete the inquiry, a longer extension could inhibit the Commission's ability to fully consider the record and meet its statutory obligations. As the Order concludes, permitting interested parties an additional two weeks to file their comments and reply comments will provide the Commission with more thorough comments, ensuring that the agency has a complete record on which to develop its decisions, while giving the Commission sufficient time to meet its statutory obligation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. Sincerely, - v. Ajit V. Pai