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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  News  Media  contact:  November  15,  2002  Jordan  Goldstein  at  (202)  418-  2000 
 PRESS  STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONER  MICHAEL  J.  COPPS 
 ON  SENATE  CONFIRMATION  OF  JONATHAN  ADELSTEIN 


 I  am  delighted  at  the  Senate’s  action  confirming  Jonathan  Adelstein  to  be  a  Commissioner  of  the  FCC.  Jonathan  is  uncommonly  well-  versed  in  the  issues  and  he  has 
 a  real  and  abiding  commitment  to  help  bring  the  best  communications  systems  in  the  world  to  America’s  consumers. 


 I  am  also  happy  for  the  Commission,  because  we  not  only  get  an  exceptionally  fine  new  colleague,  but  we  also  will  be  up-  and-  running  at  full  complement  and  in  the  way 
 intended  by  the  statutes  that  guide  us.  It’s  a  happy  day  for  me  and  for  the  Commission. 
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