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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. – 1995
This document presents witness testimony and supplemental materials from a Congressional hearing regarding reform to national telecommunications policy, namely, replacing a regime of heavy regulation with a true market system. Statements are featured by Senators John Ashcroft, Conrad Burns, Ernest Hollings, Kay Baily Hutchison, John D. Rockefeller…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Consumer Protection, Federal Regulation, Free Enterprise System
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1996
This document provides the text of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, legislation enacted "to promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality services for American telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid deployment of new telecommunications technologies." The legislation contains…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Cable Television, Consumer Protection, Federal Legislation