Senate Commerce Schedules Two Hearings

The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled two hearings to celebrate TV Tune Out Week. On Tuesday the Committee will consider the nominations of Sherburne B. Abbott of Texas, to be Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the Executive Office of the President; April S. Boyd to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Commerce; and Cameron Kerry to be General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Commerce among others. Kerry is the brother of Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and a veteran cable lawyer. Kerry has represented the cable industry as an attorney with Mintz Levin in Boston and Washington. He has also taught and written about cable and telecommunications law. On Wednesday, the Committee will discuss reform of the Federal Communications Commission.
FCC Reform Hearing Scheduled for Next Week By Senate Commerce Committee