Hundt offers new specifics to Senate. (FCC nominee Reed Hundt)

Multichannel News, September, 1993 by Aversa, Jeannine

Washington - Attorney Reed Hundt, President Clinton's nominee to head the Federal Communications Commission, offered few clues to his stands on specific cable issues during a Senate confirmation hearing last Tuesday. Key Democratic communications lawmakers, however, are hopeful that this leadership will usher in a new harmony between Congress and the FCC in charting telecommunications policy.

If confirmed, Hundt, who sailed smoothly through last Wednesday's hearing, said two objectives would guide his policy decisions: promoting economic growth and ensuring that the benefits of communications systems are accessible to all Americans at affordable prices, an echo of the administration's broad thoughts on telecommunications policy. On cable, Hundt...

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