Political Quotes

“there are three things wrong with this amendment. The first is the agency which will be administering it, the Justice Department. The Justice Department is in good part responsible for the unfair situation which this country confronts in telecommunications. The Justice Department and a gaggle of AT&T lawyers have been administering pricing and all other matters relative to telecommunications by both the Baby Bells and by AT&T. So if there are things that are wrong now, it is Justice which has presided. The second reason is that if we add the Justice Department to a sound and sensible regulatory system, it will create a set of circumstances under which it will become totally impossible to have expeditious and speedy decisions of matters of importance and concern to the American people. The decisions that need to be made to move our telecommunications policy forward can simply not be made where you have a two-headed hydra trying to address the telecommunications problems of this country. Now, the third reason: I want Members to take a careful look at the graph I have before me. It has been said that a B-52 is a group of airplane parts flying in very close formation. The amendment now before us would set up a B-52 of regulation. If Members look, they will find that those in the most limited income bracket will face a rate structure which is accurately represented here.…”