Daniel Inouye: “Chairman Inouye, as a Medal of Honor winner who has personally witnessed the horrors of combat, I wanted to bring to…”

I can assure you that we are doing our very best to avoid sequestration, because if that ever happens then this hearing is for naught.

the intent of that language, it was clarified by one of the sponsors of that language, Senator Daniel K. Inouye

the best way to protect consumers in the long run is to do away with the retransmission consent regime altogether.

. . . If [the FCC] identifies such unforeseen instances in which a lack of agreement results in a loss of local programming to viewers, the Commission should take the regulatory steps needed to address the problem.