02/10/2011
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"While these stations earned over $16 billion in advertising revenues last year, they paid nothing to the performers whose music they played."
"I think H.R. 848 is an important piece of legislation and I think that it is fair to say that the current situation involving recording artists is not one that we can be very proud of."
"we must preserve competition. Satellite television continues to be the main competitor to cable television in most areas"
"I ask you to keep those consumers in mind as you consider SHVERA reauthorization this year."