New House Subcommittee To Investigate Media Ownership

NEW HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE MEDIA OWNERSHIP
[SOURCE: Center for Public Integrity, AUTHOR: Drew Clark]
A new House subcommittee chaired by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will turn its oversight to a range of government agencies, particularly the Federal Communications Commission, Rep Kucinich announced on Friday night. Rep Kucinich, a 2004 candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination who stated his intention to run again in 2008, said that his committee will hold holdings criticizing the FCC on the issue of media ownership. In a speech before the National Conference for Media Reform here, unexpected visitor Kucinich announced his chairmanship of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Government Reform Committee. The new subcommittee, Rep Kucinich said in the speech, would be a platform to hold "hearings to push media reform right at the center of Washington." "You are the message," he said to the cheering crowd. Kucinich's assignment has had scheduled to be unveiled next week in Washington. But Rep Kucinich let the news out in a short but rousing speech previewed by actor Danny Glover.
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