Dorgan slams inaction on Adelstein
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/1/2002 5:17:00 AM MT
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) Tuesday called it "unforgivable" that Jonathan Adelstein's nomination to the open commissioner seat on the Federal Communications Commission continues to languish on the Senate floor. He pledged to bring up the issue on the floor in the next several days.
Dorgan used the opportunity of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on broadband deployment to say that he believes the FCC needs a "full complement of commissioners" to deal with the important decisions before it, and to point out that Adelstein, an aide to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), would be a voice for the rural community, which he feels is being shortchanged in the broadband rollout.
At his confirmation hearing, Adelstein pledged that one of his priorities will be making sure the FCC provides all Americans -- especially in rural areas such as his home state of South Dakota -- access to a full range of communications services.
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