In this hearing, the Commerce Committee will hear from the five Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioners on several pending proceedings that address competition in the telecommunications industry. The Commissioners will discuss the state of competition in business and residential communications markets, the impact of structural and technological changes occurring within industry, the availability and affordability of broadband in the United States compared with other industrialized nations, the impact of media consolidation on diversity and localism, the future of universal service, and other major issues and proceedings that the Commission expects to address in the coming year that will affect the communications and media marketplace.
Committee Members
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Daniel K. Inouye
Senator -
John F. Kerry
Senator
Opening Remarks
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Jonathan S. Adelstein
AdministratorRural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture -
Deborah Taylor Tate
Commissioner, Federal Communications CommissionChair, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service -
Robert M. McDowell
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Michael J. Copps
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Kevin J. Martin
ChairmanFederal Communications Commission