McCain wants to work with Stevens on DTV bill.(News)

RCR Wireless News, June, 2005

Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he hopes to work with Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) to craft a bill that would end the uncertainty on the transition to digital TV. "I want to work with Sen. Stevens in getting legislation passed,'' said McCain, former chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, at a press conference with the leadership of the 9/11 Commission and two mothers of victims of the 9/11 attacks.

"I am not abandoning public safety just because I am no longer chairman.'' Stevens' office said he is working on a DTV bill and hopes to have a hearing on his bill June 29. McCain did not give many details about his bill. However, one of the main points of McCain's effort is to...

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