What Others are Saying

Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR)

It is unconscionable that the FCC is putting industry profiteering ahead of the numerous experts who have made clear that approving Ligado’s application poses a litany of safety and security risks. Messing with GPS affects everything from the Coast Guard carrying out critical missions at sea, to military operations abroad, to emergency vehicles in our communities, to the integrity of the national airspace system, and efforts to establish new innovations such as automated vehicles—all of which depend on the future reliability and performance of GPS. The FCC must find another way to move forward on 5G networks without risking critical transportation systems that are ever more reliant on accurate, precise, and reliable position, navigation, and timing transmissions. There is far too much at stake to consider this case closed, and I will continue to press for answers as to how the FCC arrived at its final decision and how it will affect safety and security as we know it.

Statement, April 21, 2020