Daniel Inouye: “Chairman Inouye and Ranking Member Cochran, you and this entire subcommittee have been leaders in the effort to continue…”

I commend Chairman Rockefeller for convening this hearing to consider the impact of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 on the modern television marketplace.

Ricky and former Chairman of the Committee, Senator Inouye, were great partners.

. . . 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.

today, as we near the end of the current fiscal year, the Senate is considering H.J. Res. 117, a continuing resolution to ensure that the Federal Government will remain functioning through March of next year in the absence of regular…