Chris Murphy: “I thank the chairman for this. I have worked with you in the committee to move this bill forward. I know it has a number…”

“I thank the chairman for this. I have worked with you in the committee to move this bill forward. I know it has a number of things that continue to help local franchising authorities to collect the 5 percent of revenues and also allows some other aspects in there, but I want to get to a colloquy about these two specific issues. Many localities in my district are concerned about their continued management of rights-of-way. In Pennsylvania, such management has been said to include not only the physical, but also the fiscal management of those rights-of-way. Currently, when a cable wire carries multiple services, a Pennsylvania municipality can charge rent based on some formula for the use of rights-of-way. Do you see the bill having an adverse effect on a locality's income by shielding operator revenue in this manner?”