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Article: Who is Representing Consumers and Taxpayers at Today's Microsoft Hearing? Not Most of the Senators in the Room, Says Citizens Against Government Waste.
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- December 12, 2001
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WASHINGTON -- Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today questioned the Senate Judiciary Committee's direction on the proposed Microsoft antitrust case settlement.
"If Sen. Orrin Hatch's (R-Utah) opening statement is illustrative of where the committee is headed, consumers and taxpayers are in trouble," CAGW President Tom Schatz said. The senator used the hearing to read a letter to the committee from James Barksdale, billionaire CEO of Netscape and the chief instigator of the Microsoft antitrust litigation.
"The purpose of the Judiciary Committee hearing today was to determine whether the proposed settlement between the Department of Justice, nine ...