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For Immediate Release
12/08/06
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Joe Brenckle - Republican Press Office 202-224-3991
Brian Eaton w/Stevens 202-224-0445
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Chairman Stevens Praises McDowell Recusal Decision on AT&T-BellSouth Merger
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) today released the following statement praising the decision by the Federal Communications Commission’s General Counsel to allow Commissioner Robert McDowell to participate in the AT&T-BellSouth merger proceeding.
“This merger has been under consideration for almost nine months. The Commission considered more than 10,000 comments and 600 reply comments. But now it is deadlocked. We have an odd number of FCC Commissioners for a reason, and the Commission functions best when there is a fifth person involved. A 2-2 stalemate does not serve the public interest. Now that the General Counsel has made this decision, I urge the Commission to reach a timely decision.”
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Senate Approves Resolution Honoring NOAA/Coast and Geodetic Survey
- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate this week approved a resolution (S. Res. 628) honoring the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the 200th anniversary of its Coast and Geodetic Survey (CGS), originally authorized by President Thomas Jefferson. The Resolution recognizes the bicentennial of the Coast and Geodetic Survey’s two centuries of contributions t...
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Senate Approves Pretexting Legislation
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
– The United States Senate today passed H.R. 4709, the Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was a co-sponsor of the Senate companion to the House legislation, S. 2178. The measure will criminalize the practice of “pretexting,” which consists of obtaining confidential phone records info...
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Congress Approves Wool Suit Labeling Act
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
–Congress this week unanimously approved H.R. 4583, Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness and International Standards Conforming Act sponsored by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN-7). The measure will now be sent to the President for his consideration.
H.R. 4583, the Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness and International Standards Conforming Act, amends the Wool Products Labeling Ac...
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