[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 26 (Wednesday, March 3, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E289]
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              FCC MUST COMPLY WITH FEDERAL COURT DECISIONS

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 3, 2004

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the decision made 
by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
Circuit on March 2, 2004 with regard to the United States Telecom 
Association's challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's 
(FCC) Triennial Review Order. This is a decisive victory for consumers, 
for innovation and for free markets. The decision in the case of USTA 
v. FCCII has once again, as it did previously in 2002 in USTA v. FCC I, 
correctly interpreted the intent of Congress regarding the unbundling 
requirements of Section 251 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The 
FCC, on the other hand, has for 8 years now rejected that intent, even 
after two previous Federal court decisions rejecting their unbundling 
rules decisions. The FCC must comply with the decisions of the Federal 
Courts without delay.

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