President Obama announces the nomination of Rep. Melvin Watt, left, as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and Tom Wheeler, right, as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), on May 1, 2013. (credit: White House)
Tom Wheeler today presided over his final public meeting as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, a three-year stretch that he called the highlight of his career.
Wheeler was sworn into the FCC in November 2013, and he knew the industry well because he was a former lobbyist. From 1979 to 1984, he led the cable industry’s top lobby group, and from 1992 to 2004 he was the chief lobbyist for the mobile phone industry.
Looking back, Wheeler says it was easier being a lobbyist.
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Source: Ars Technica – Tom Wheeler says being a lobbyist was easy—being FCC chairman was hard