One House Communications Subcommittee Democrat attacked the subcommittee’s...

One House Communications Subcommittee Democrat attacked the subcommittee’s Republican leadership for conducting its proposed overhaul of the Communications Act in a partisan way. Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., has “some concern” and sought, looking to Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., “to urge you in the most friendly and kind way that we move forward” in a more open process and “to engage our side in meaningful discussion so we can put forward a bipartisan discussion,” he said during a Thursday subcommittee hearing on three bills unrelated to the initiative. The overhaul process will not work without reaching out to lawmakers and staff “on our side of the aisle,” Doyle said. He praised the House Republicans for issuing their Communications Act update white papers this year, calling them “important issues” that the subcommittee should address. Walden did not directly address concerns at the hearing. “We'd be happy to have that conversation,” he said of Doyle’s objections, “at another time."