Political Quotes

“This amendment states that nothing in the bill shall affect the FCC's authority to require that TV and radio stations and video and audio satellite providers make their public inspection files available online or in a machine-readable format. Mr. Chairman, I was in the radio business for 21 years. I would guess I am probably one of the few, if only, people who have actually had to maintain a public file. I don't know if the gentleman knows all the things that are in those public files. I would be happy to go through the very long list of them. I don't think the way the amendment is constructed is perhaps what he is seeking. I understand the part about public disclosure of time purchase, who is purchasing it, and all of that. But the public file includes all FCC authorizations, applications and related materials, contour maps, ownership reports and related materials, portions of Equal Employment Opportunity file, the public and broadcasting manual itself, children's television programming reports, DTV transition education reports, citizen agreements, then the political file, letters and emails from the public, material relating to FCC investigations and complaints, issues/program lists, donor lists for noncommercials educational channels, records concerning children's programming commercial limits, local public notice certifications and announcements, time brokerage agreements, must-carry or retransmission consents elections, joint sales agreements, and it goes o…”