Democrats Dismiss GOP Alarm Over Genachowski White House Visits

摘要

Democrats dismissed GOP alarms over the frequency of White House visits by FCC Chairman nJulius Genachowski. House Oversight Committee Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said last week that nGenachowski made 81 visits between January 2009 and November 2010, timed near events nin the FCC’s net neutrality rulemaking. But in a memo released Monday, Democratic ncommittee staff said Genachowski actually visited the White House 35 times, and many nmeetings didn’t relate to net neutrality. “Any way you cut it, the claim that Genachowski nvisited the White House 81 times is a mischaracterization,” they said. Democratic committee nstaff discovered 76 scheduled White House visits, but said Genachowski didn’t attend 41 of nthem. Of the remaining 35 events, 17 “are completely unrelated to net neutrality,” including nGenachowski’s swearing-in ceremony and 2009’s White House turkey pardoning.