House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) called access to PEG channels an important issue and one the committee would look into. That came in a markup Wednesday on the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (HR 3101), which passed out of committee Wednesday on a voice vote. The assurance was made to Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), who agreed to withdraw an amendment to the bill on PEG channels that could have slowed its progress. Baldwin outlined the amendment before withdrawing it (which is away for her to make the point without holding up the larger bill).
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