WASHINGTON—In the runup to the Federal Communications Commission’s planned Aug. 6 vote to relax station-ownership rules, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has published an opinion piece arguing only Congress can change those rules. That history is important because that provision has already been the focus of arguments over the FCC’s recent proposal to change station ownership rules. In the article, DeLay comes down firmly on the side of congressional authority, arguing that regulatory agencies can’t modify laws created by Congress. If Chairman Carr wants to raise the statutory cap, he should ask Congress to pass a law giving him authority to do that.” DeLay represented Texas’s 22nd Congressional District from 1985 until 2006 and served as House majority leader from 2003 to 2005.