EchoStar and DIRECTV Comments By Government Representatives and FCC Replies

By Public Notice, DA 01-3005, petitions/comments are due February 4, 2002. Below is a list of the comments filed by government representatives and the FCC replies in reverse chronological order. Comments received after February 4, 2002 are Ex Parte filings.

11/01/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Brian M. Kolb, Assemblyman, New York Legislator, State of New York

Comment filed by The Honorable William Magee, Assemblyman , New York Legislator, State of New York

Comment filed by The Honorable Kevin Shibilski, Wisconsin State Senator, District 24

Comment filed by Unknown, The Assembly State of New York, Albany

10/01/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Jane M. Swift, Governor, The Comonwealth of Massachusetts

Comment filed by Polk County Board of Supervisors

09/10/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Edolphus "Ed" Towns, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

08/26/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Joe Knollenberg, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Comment filed by The Honorable Conrad Burns, United States Senator

Comment filed by The Honorable Mike Doyle, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

08/21/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Henry Bonilla, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

08/15/02
Comment filed by Mayor Carolyn Jones, The City of Kendleton, Texas

Comment filed by Mayor C. Jack Ellis, Macon Georgia, and President, Georgia Conference of Black Mayors

07/17/02
Response to The Honorable Michael Collins, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

07/15/02
Response to The Honorable Jeff Flake, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

07/12/02
Response to The Honorable Chaka Fattah, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

07/08/02
Response to The Honorable Karen McCarthy, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Response to The Honorable David Hobson, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

06/24/02
Response to The Honorable James P. McGovern, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

06/20/02
Response to The Honorable Lynn Woolsey, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Response to The Honorable Mark Green, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Response to The Honorable Charles Bass, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Response to The Honorable Xavier Becerra, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Response to The Honorable William Jefferson, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Response to The Honorable Robert Smith, United States Senator

Response to The Honorable Jim DeMint, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

06/18/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Ciro D. Rodriguez, United States Member of Congress, 23rd District, Texas

Comment filed by The Honorable Tim Johnson, United States Senator, South Dakota

Comment filed by The Honorable Lynn Woolsey, United States Member of Congress, 6th District, California

Comment filed by The Honorable Tom Tancredo, United States Member of Congress, 4th District, Colorado

Comment filed by The Honorable Mark Green, United States Member of Congress, 8th District, Wisconsin

Comment filed by The Honorable Charles F. Bass, United States Member of Congress, 2nd District, New Hampshire

Comment filed by The Honorable Richard Shelby, United States Senator, Alabama

Comment filed by The Honorable Xavier Becerra et al., United States Members of Congress, Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Comment filed by The Honorable John E. Baldacci, United States Member of Congress, 2nd District, Miami

Comment filed by The Honorable Sam Graves, United States Member of Congress, 4th District,Missouri

Comment filed by The Honorable William J. Jefferson, United States Member of Congress, 2nd District, Louisiana

Comment filed by The Honorable Bob Smith, United States Senator, New Hampshire

Comment filed by The Honorable Max Cleland, United States Senator, Georgia

Comment filed by The Honorable Jim DeMint, United States Representative 4th District, South Carolina

Comment filed by The Honorable Zach Wamp, United States Representative, Third District, Tennessee

Comment filed by The Honorable Dick Armey, United States Member of Congress, Texas

Comment filed by The Honorable Joe Wilson, United States Member of Congress, 2nd District, South Carolina

Comment filed by The Honorable Pete V. Dominici, United States Senator, New Mexico

Comments filed by The Honorable James M.Inhofe, United States Senator, Oklahoma [Acrobat | Acrobat]

Comment filed by The Honorable Robert Wexler, United States Member of Congress, 19th District, Florida

Comment filed by United States Federal Trade Commission

Comments filed by The Honorable Blanche L. Lincoln, United States Senator, Arkansas [Acrobat | Acrobat]

06/17/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Chaka Fattah, Member of Congress, 2nd District, Pennsylvania

06/12/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Karen McCarthy, Member of Congress, Fifth District, Missouri

Comment filed by The Honorable John Breaux, United States Senator

06/05/02
Comment filed by National Tax-Limitation Committee

Comment filed by The Honorable David Hobson, Member of Congress, 7th District, Ohio

06/03/02
Response to The Honorable Zach Wamp, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Response to The Honorable Blanche Lambert Lincoln, United States Senator

Response to The Honorable John Breaux, United States Senator

Response to The Honorable Bob Schaffer, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Response to The Honorable Ciro Rodriguez, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

05/29/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Drew P. Saunders, House of Representatives, North Carolina

05/28/02
Response to The Honorable Sam Graves, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

05/20/02
Response to The Honorable Arlen Specter, United States Senator

05/16/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Bob Schaffer, United States Member of Congress, 4th District, Colorado

05/14/02
Comment filed by The Honorable David J. Klarich, Missouri State Senator

Comment filed by The Honorable Mickey Firth, Louisiana House of Representatives

05/13/02
Response to The Honorable David Price, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Response to The Honorable Richard Armey, Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives

05/06/02
Comment filed by The Honorable James R. Gowans, The Honorable D. Bud Bowman, and The Honorable David Ure, Utah House of Representatives

Comment filed by The Honorable Edward E. Quick, Missouri State Senator

Comment filed by The Honorable Ronnie Miller, Missouri State Representative

05/02/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Greg DiDonato, Ohio State Senator

05/01/02
Comment filed by The Honorable John Breaux, United States Senator

04/30/02
Response to The Honorable Richard Shelby, United States Senator

04/29/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Charles Hudson, Louisiana State Representative, District 40

Comment filed by The Honorable Michael G. "Mike" Strain, Louisiana State Representative, District 74

Comment filed by The Honorable Herman Ray Hill, Louisiana State Representative, District 32

Comment filed by The Honorable T. Taylor Townsend, Louisiana House of Representatives, District 23

Comment filed by The Honorable M.J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., Governor, Baten Rouge, Louisiana

Comment filed by The Honorable Jerry A. Thomas, M.D., Louisiana State Senator

Comment filed by The Honorable Frank Barnitz, State Representative, District 150, Jefferson City, Missouri

Comment filed by The Honorable Bill Owens, Governor, Denver, Colorado

Comment filed by The Honorable Linda Almond, Governor, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Comment filed by The Honorable Bob Brunkhorst, State Representative, Des Moines, Iowa

Comment filed by Kalispell Area Chamber Of Commerce

04/26/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Deano Thornton, Mayor, City of Winnfield

Comment filed by Marie Young, Executive Director, The Black Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

04/24/02
Recommendation filed by Local and State Government Advisory Committee, LSGAC

04/22/02
Response to The Honorable Max Cleland, United States Senator

04/18/02
Comment filed by Scott Burnett, County Legislator, Jackson County, Missouri

Comment filed by Mary Lou Smith, Director, Compliance Review,Jackson County Courthouse, Jackson County, Missouri

Comment filed by William H. Petrie, County Legislator, Jackson County, Missouri

04/17/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Dennis Bonner, Representative, District 51, Jefferson City, Missouri

04/15/02
Comment filed by Dan Tarwater, Legislator, Fourth District, County Legislature, Jackson County, Missouri

04/10/02
Response to The Honorable Robert Wexler, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

04/04/02
Comment filed by The Honorable David Price, United States Member of Congress, 4th District, North Carolina

04/03/02
Response to The Honorable Blanche Lambert Lincoln, United States Senator

04/01/02
Response to The Honorable James Inhofe, United States Senator [Acrobat | Acrobat]

03/26/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Merle Grace Kearns, State Representative, Ohio House of Representatives

03/22/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Lynn R. Wachtmann, Ohio State Senator

03/20/02
Response to The Honorable Richard Pombo, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

03/18/02
Response to The Honorable John Baldacci, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

03/13/02
Response to The Honorable Mary Landrieu, United States Senator

03/12/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Doug White, Ohio State Senator

03/08/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Larry A. Mumper, Senator Ohio State

03/06/02
Response to The Honorable Pete Domenici, United States Senator

02/28/02
Response to The Honorable Barbara Boxer, United States Senator

Response to The Honorable Tom Tancredo, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

02/22/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Hugh T. Farley, Senator, 44th District, State of New York

02/21/02
Response to The Honorable Sonny Callahan, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Response to The Honorable Sonny Callahan, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

02/14/02
Comment filed by The Honorable William J.Janklow, Governor, State of South Dakota

Response to The Honorable Joe Wilson, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Comment filed by The Honorable Chuck Hagel, United States Senate, Nebraska

Comment filed by The Honorable Tim Johnson, United States Senate, South Dakota

Comment filed by The Honorable Conrad Burns, United States Senate, Montana

Comment filed by The Honorable Dave Lewis, Representative, Montana

Comment filed by Don Stenberg, Attorney General, State of Nebraska

02/13/02
Response to The Honorable Rick Santorum, United States Senator

Comment filed by The Honorable Aaron Krauter, Senator, North Dakota

Comment filed by The Honorable Sonny Callahan, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

02/12/02
Response to The Honorable Tim Johnson, United States Senator

02/05/02
Comment filed by Buckeye Association of School Administrators [ Acrobat | Acrobat ]

Response to The Honorable Chuck Hagel, United States Senator

Response to The Honorable Conrad Burns, United States Senator

Comments/Petitions Due 02/02/2002

02/04/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Dave Lewis, State Representative, House District 54, Montana

Comments of The Regulatory Commission of Alaska

Comment filed by Dan Mehan, President/CEO, Missouri Chamber of Commerce

Comment filed by The Honorable Kevin Shibilski, State Senator, District 24

Comment filed by The Honorable Kitty Rhoades, State Representative, Wisconsin

1/30/02
Comment filed by The Honorable M.J. "Mike" Forster Jr., Governor of the State of Louisiana

Response to The Honorable Jo Ann Emerson, et al., Members of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

01/24/02
Response to The Honorable Phil Gramm, United States Senator

01/23/02
Response to The Honorable Fred Thompson, United States Senator

Comment filed by The Honorable Fred Thompson, United States Senator

Comment filed by Katheryn Shields, Jackson County Executive, Jackson County Courthouse, Kansas City, Missouri

Comment filed by The Honorable Blaine Luetkemeyer, 115th District State Representative, Missouri

01/22/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Mary Landrieu, United States Senator

01/19/02
Response to The Honorable Jo Ann Emerson, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

1/17/02
Comment filed by the Honorable Jo Ann Emerson, et al., Members of Congress

Comment filed by The Honorable Carl Bearden, District 16 State Representative, Missouri

Comment filed by The Honorable Tom Udall, Member of Congress, 2nd District, New Mexico

Comment filed by The Honorable Olympia J. Snowe, Senator, Maine

Comment filed by The Honorable Martin Hohulin, State Representative, Missouri House of Representatives

1/16/02
Response to The Honorable Harry Reid, United States Senator

Comment filed by The Honorable Edward E. Quick, Missouri State Senator

Comment filed by The Honorable, Henry Rizzo, 40th District State Representative, Missouri

Response to The Honorable Tom Udall, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Response to The Honorable Harry Reid, United States Senator

Comment filed by The Honorable Harry Reid, United States Senator

1/15/02
Comment filed by The Honorable Blanche Lambert Lincoln, United States Senator

Response to The Honorable Frank LoBiondo, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

01/03/01
Comment filed by The Honorable Noble Ellington, Senator, Louisiana

12/26/01
Comment filed by The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings and The Honorable Ted Stevens

Comment filed by The Honorable Max Baucus, United States Senator, Montana

12/21/01
Comment filed by The Honorable Barbara Boxer, United States Senator

12/19/01
Comment filed by The Honorable Richard Pombo, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

12/11/01
Comment filed by Jeremiah W. Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri,Jefferson City, MO

12/08/01
Comment filed by The Honorable Chris Cannon, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

11/08/01
Comment filed by The Honorable Sonny Callahan, Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

Contacts

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