Ed Markey: “This is a revolution that we are unleashing in today's legislation. We…”

On the recordApril 27, 1999

This is a revolution that we are unleashing in today's legislation. We are going to make it possible for the first time for people to buy an 18-inch satellite dish and get their local TV stations over the dish. They will be able to disconnect their local cable company. For the first time they will have some other place to go. It will not just be out in rural America or in the deep suburbs with big backyards. It is going to be in urban America. This is going to be in house after house. In the most densely populated parts of our country, people are going to be able now to buy satellite dishes, 18-inch dishes, and know they get their local TV stations as well. I cannot imagine a bigger moment in the history of this video revolution than what we are doing here today.

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Ed Markey

Democratic · Massachusetts

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govinfo.gov

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Discussing legislation to allow satellite dish users access to local television stations.

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Ed Markey: “This is a revolution that we are unleashing in today's legislation. We are going to make it possible for the first time…”

Editor's note · Context