Representative John D. Dingell (D-Mich.), the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, saying that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had suffered “an apparent breakdown in an open and transparent regulatory process,” has ordered an investigation of the agency, The New York Times reported. 

“Given several events and proceedings over the past year, I am rapidly losing confidence that the Commission has been conducting its affairs in an appropriate manner,” Dingell said in a letter, dated Monday, to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin.

The investigation will be conducted by the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations, headed by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), the NYT said.

The letter follows a Nov. 27 public meeting of the Commission, in which Martin was accused of selectively withholding data from a report on competition in the cable industry to favor his position.