Debbie Dingell: “The staff of this committee has been very good in changing the language of the bill in the report, something which…”

“The staff of this committee has been very good in changing the language of the bill in the report, something which regrettably they are not capable of doing. What we have here before us is a very simple matter. They are interfering here under this legislation with the rights of contract. They are interfering here with property rights. And they are going to have a liability for the taxpayers of this country under the Tucker Act, and it is going to be billions of dollars. They also have before them a case where the matters have been considered by a Federal judge, having heard from PAS, having heard from COMSAT, having heard all the facts. He said, people go to COMSAT after they have heard from the others and given them a full opportunity to compete.”