Senate Commerce Committee Chmn. Hollings (D-S.C.) said he tentati...
Senate Commerce Committee Chmn. Hollings (D-S.C.) said he tentatively planned March 20 hearing on local telephone competition, with Tauzin-Dingell data deregulation bill (HR- 1542) likely to come up. Hollings said Thurs. in appropriations subcommittee hearing on proposed FCC budget…
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(see separate story) that bill by House Commerce Committee Chmn. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) and ranking minority member John Dingell (D-Mich.) would leave competitors and consumers at whim of market, much to their detriment: “We know what market forces does [sic] to communications.” Hollings spokesman said Tauzin and House Telecom Subcommittee ranking minority member Markey (D-Mass.) had been invited to testify. However, Tauzin has no intention of participating, since he expects final slate of hearing panelists to be stacked against him, spokesman Ken Johnson said: “Billy [Tauzin] has been a hunter too long not to know a bear trap when he sees one. If Senate wants to hold a fair hearing on Tauzin- Dingell, he'll be glad testify, but he’s not walking into an ambush.”