Republicans Fighting to Keep DTV Transition Date

House Republicans are hoping to convince those on the other side of the aisle to keep the Feb. 17 DTV transition date. In a Jan. 14 letter to President-elect Barack Obama, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, along with 14 other committee Republicans, wrote that delaying the deadline would hurt first-responders and delay the public safety improvements intended by the transition.

“The transition is freeing broadcast spectrum for firefighters, police officers and other life-savers and also providing them with $1 billion to equip themselves with the state-of-the-art communications gear that was so tragically lacking on 9/11,” lawmakers wrote.

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