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William Tauzin: if you like everything on television to be pay per view, if you want to pay extra to see the Olympics every time you…

On the recordJuly 24, 1996
if you like everything on television to be pay per view, if you want to pay extra to see the Olympics every time you want to see any Olympic game, if you want to pay extra for baseball or for ER or for all the programs you enjoy on commercial broadcast television that is commonly called free television, vote with the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Frank]. That is the net result. If you charge the broadcasters extra taxes to broadcast those programs, they will charge everything pay per view. That is the net result. If you agree with Chairman Bliley and the former chairman, the gentleman from Michigan, Mr. Dingell, then vote ``no'' on this amendment to protect free TV. That is what it is all about.
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William Tauzin
Republican · Louisiana

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Opposing an amendment related to broadcasting fees and free television.

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