Sentences with phrase «cable industry lobbyist»

Tom Wheeler, the former cable industry lobbyist appointed to head the Federal Communications Commission by President Obama, announced on Thursday that he would resign on Inauguration Day.

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«Michelle Johnston Schoeneman of Citizens Against Collins, part of the Turn 27 Blue coalition, said the potential candidates represented «a refreshing contrast to Representative Chris Collins, who is too busy running to cable television studios, fending off an ethics investigation for insider trading, and fundraising from pharmaceutical industry lobbyists to be bothered with actually meeting with his constituents to hear their concerns.»

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler got his start as a lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries.