[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 129 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                       COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1995

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                               speech of

                       HON. GEORGE P. RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, August 2, 1995

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1555) to 
     promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure 
     lower prices and higher quality services for American 
     telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid 
     development of new telecommunications technologies:

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Chairman, I intend to vote for H.R. 1555 and 
against attempts to weaken it.
  I believe in competition. I believe in reduced regulation. I want 
markets, not mandarins of the bureaucracy, to control what 
communications services are available to us and how much we pay for 
them.
  The electorate's message that came here with us was a clear signal. 
It rises above the din of those who clamor for controls.
  The people told us get the bureaucrats out of our houses and off our 
lines. Americans reject the idea that privileges or special advantages 
should be given by government to certain companies, allowing them to 
carry on a particular business and control the supply of certain 
services.
  Much as our constituents may enjoy the game of Monopoly, they don't 
want its impact on their real-life pocketbooks.
  I intend to keep my word to the people I represent. Their final 
judgment will not be modified by me.


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