Cliff Stearns: “I just wanted to advise and introduce to the Members that we had a telecommunications press conference today offered…”

“I just wanted to advise and introduce to the Members that we had a telecommunications press conference today offered through the Committee on Commerce a new deregulatory bill which will allow mass communications to change dramatically, and I had the honor to offer as an amendment to this bill new broadcast ownership changes to allow many new forms of ownership for video broadcasting. It is bipartisan bill. Basically it reduces restrictions on ownership of broadcasting stations and other media mass communications. As I mentioned, it repeals antiquated rules and regulations and brings broadcasting up to date with technology. The bill states that the FCC does not provide or enforce any regulations concerning cross ownership.”