U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-Louisiana) blasted this week’s FCC ruling on unbundled network element requirements saying “regulatory reform has been stabbed in the back” by “a palace coup led by Commissioner Kevin Martin.” Tauzin called for a House Committee hearing on Wednesday, 26-February-2003 to question the FCC commissioners on their decision. He also vowed to push for new legislation to promote “real competition” in the marketplace.http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/news/02202003_795
- In February 2002, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 273 to 157 to approve the Tauzin-Dingell Broadband Legislation (H.R. 1542), which was widely seen as favoring the Regional Bell Operating Companies. The U.S. Senate never acted on the bill and it was never signed into law.