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The Public Record for the 109th Congress

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This is a list of public information regarding telecommunications issues released in the 109th Congress by the Committee on Energy and Commerce Democrats. The information is listed by date.

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News Releases

December 18, 2006	"Dingell Comments on McDowell Announcement to Abstain"
December 12, 2006	"Dingell Comments on Feder Response"
November 15, 2005	"Report Shows Laws Broken in Attempt to Politicize Public Broadcasting"
November 4, 2005	"Former Chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Resigns in the Face of Inspector General's Report"
October 20, 2005	"Digital-TV debate should focus on consumers, first responders" -- The Hill, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, Op-ed by Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich)
September 15, 2005	Committee Releases Draft Broadband Legislation
May 11, 2005	"Obey and Dingell Call for Investigation of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; CPB Chairman Pushing for Political Control of PBS"
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Letters

December 19, 2006	Letter to Chairman Martin, Federal Communications Commission, with respect to the cable franchising item currently under consideration at the FCC See Dec. 20, 2006, response from Chairman Martin
November 15, 2006	Letter to John Kneuer, Acting Administrator, Commerce for Communications and Information, NTIA, from several Democratic Members of the Committee providing suggestions and comments on how NTIA may address certain digital TV transition issues that relate specifically to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement and administer a coupon program for digital-to-analog converter boxes
October 11, 2006	Letter to Kevin Martin, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, regarding agency's independent review of the ATT acquisition of BellSouth
September 27, 2006	Letter to Speaker Hastert and Majority Leader Boehner urging that H.R. 4943, "Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act", be scheduled for consideration on the House floor before Congress adjourns
September 21, 2006	Letter from Reps. Dingell and Markey to FCC Chairman Martin regarding the Commission's process for the current media ownership proceeding
September 14, 2006	Letter from Reps. Dingell and Markey to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding a report on media ownership that may have been suppressed by the FCC
September 11, 2006	Letter to Ms. Patricia Dunn, Chairman of the Board, Hewlett-Packard Company, from Chairmen Barton and Whitfield and Ranking Member Dingell and Stupak requesting records and information regarding HP's alleged use of pretexting and data brokers to procure the personal telephone records of the members of its Board of Directors and others without their knowledge or consent
September 6, 2006	Letter to Robert Iger, President and CEO, The Walt Disney Company, with questions about the accuracy of a two-part mini-series entitled "The Path to 9/11"
July 24, 2006	Letter to FCC Chairman Martin regarding the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting
May 11, 2006	Letter from Democratic Members of the Committee on Energy and Commerce to Chairman Barton requesting a full Committee hearing to review recent reports of three telecommunications companies providing the records of millions of Americans to the National Security Agency
March 29, 2006	Letter to Mr. Edward Whitacre, Chairman and CEO, AT&T Inc. regarding national cable franchising HTML See AT&T's April 3, 2006, response
March 2, 2006	Letter to FTC Chairman Majoras regarding fraudulent access to customer phone records and related FTC enforcement efforts against online data brokers
January 23, 2006	Chairmen Barton and Upton and Ranking Members Dingell and Markey send a letter to FCC Chairman Martin regarding the disclosure of consumer telephone records
October 5, 2005	Chairmen Barton and Upton and Ranking Members Dingell and Markey to Ambassador David A. Gross, State Department, and Assistant Secretary Gallagher, Communications and Information, Commerce Department, regarding Internet domain name governance
June 21, 2005	Letter from Democratic Members of the Committee on Energy and Commerce to House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Lewis and Ranking Member Obey supporting restoring full funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
May 11, 2005	Ranking Member Dingell (Committee on Energy and Commerce) and Ranking Member Obey (Committee on Appropriations) write Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)Inspector General Konz to request an investigation into recent actions by the CPB Nov. 29, 2005, response of CPB Inspector General Konz
January 13, 2005	Letter to FCC Chairman Powell asking that the FCC act expeditiously on the Petition for Declaratory Ruling Regarding Enhanced Prepaid Calling Card Services filed by AT&T on May 15, 2003
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Statements

September 21, 2006	Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Hearing entitled "ICANN Internet Governance: Is It Working?"
September 13, 2006	Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing entitled "Cybersecurity: Protecting America's Critical Infrastructure, Economy, and Consumers"
July 26, 2006	House floor debate of the "Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006"
June 27, 2006	Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing on "The Audio and Vodeo Flags: Can Content Protection and Technological Innovation Coexist?"
June 21, 2006	Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing on "Universal Service: What Are We Subsidizing and Why?"
June 8, 2006	House Floor debate on H.R. 5252, the "Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006"
June 6, 2006	House Floor Debate on H.R. 5126, the "Truth in Caller ID Act"
June 6, 2006	House Floor Debate on S. 193, the "Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005"
May 24, 2006	Committee on Energy and Commerce Markup of H.R. 5438, "Public Health and Medical Emergency Coordination Act of 2006"; H.R. 3997, "Financial Data Protection Act of 2006"; and H.R. 5126, "Truth in Caller ID Act"
April 25, 2006	Full Committee markup of H.R. ____, the "Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006"
April 4, 2006	Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Markup to Consider the Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006
March 30, 2006	Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing on H.R. ____, the Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006
March 8, 2006	Full Committee markup on the Committee Print entitled "The Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act"
February 1, 2006	Full Committee hearing entitled "Phone Records For Sale: Why Aren't Phone Records Safe From Pretexting?"
November 9, 2005	Subcommittee Hearing on Staff Discussion Draft of Legislation to Create a Statutory Framework for Internet Protocol and Broadband Services
October 26, 2005	Statement of Ranking Member Dingell at the full Committee markup on Reconciliation Measures, Title I, the Digital Television Transition Act of 2005 See also: Summary of the Democratic Digital TV Substitute Section-by-Section Description of the Democratic DTV Substitute Comparison of the Democratic Substitute to the Committee Mark
October 25, 2005	Full Committee Markup to consider reconciliation measures relating to Title I, the Digital Television Transition Act of 2005, and Title II, Medicaid, Katrina health relief, and Katrina energy relief
September 29, 2005	Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing on "Public Safety Communications From 9/11 to Katrina: Critical Public Policy Lessons"
September 7, 2005	Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing regarding recovering from Hurricane Katrina
June 23, 2005	Prepared Statement for House Floor Debate; Support of Amendment to Restore Funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
May 26, 2005	Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing on a Staff Discussion Draft of the DTV Transition Act of 2005
May 23, 2005	House Floor Debate on H.R. 29, the "Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass (SPY Act)"
April 27, 2005	Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet hearing on “How Internet Protoco-Enabled Services are Changing the Face of Communications: A View From Government Officials"
March 16, 2005	Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing on "How Internet Protocol-Enabled Services are Changing the Face of Communications: A Look at the Voice Marketplace"
March 10, 2005	Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing on "Preparing Consumers for the End of the Digital Television Transition"
March 2, 2005	Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on "Competition in the Communications Marketplace: How Technology is Changing the Structure of the Industry"
February 16, 2005	House Floor Debate on H.R. 310, the "Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005"
February 9, 2005	Full Committee markup to consider H.R. 310, the "Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005"
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Speeches

January 25, 2006	Remarks of Congressman John D. Dingell before the U.S. Conference of Mayors 74th Winter Meeting
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Dear Colleague Letters

June 5, 2006	"Don't Leave Consumers Having to COPE with Worse Cable Service; A Different View of the COPE Act (H.R. 5252)"
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