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Article: Tauzin sets out ambitious agenda; House subcommittee to focus on public broadcasting, cable and Internet regulation(Representative Billy Tauzin (R-LA))
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- February 2, 1998
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If Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) gets his way, his House Telecommunications Subcommittee this year will change the face of public broadcasting, save the Internet from regulation, bring competition to the cable industry and allow satellite broadcasters to enter local markets.
No small agenda for a Congress with only 70 legislative days ahead of it.
Tauzin, speaking last week at a Washington luncheon, is still pushing a bill that would create a trust fund for public broadcasting. He announced the plan last May but has yet to unveil any legislation. Tauzin wants to transfer commercial broadcasters' public interest obligations to public broadcasting. Under ...