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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202/  418-  2555  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:  September  16,  2003  Richard  Diamond  (202)  418–  0506 
 Following  Senate  passage  of  S.  J.  Res.  17,  Federal  Communications  Commission  Chairman  Michael  K.  Powell  issued  the  following  statement: 
 “This  resolution,  if  passed  by  the  House  and  signed  by  the  president,  would  only  muddy  the  media  regulatory  waters.  It  would  bring  no  clarity  to  media  regulation,  only  chaos.  It  would 
 create  perverse  results,  such  as  a  return  to  looser  radio  rules  permitting  greater  consolidation.  This  is  a  harm  the  FCC’s  new  media  rules  were  designed  to  avoid.  It  would  also  reinstate 
 ownership  rules  that  were  overturned  by  the  courts.  Under  the  terms  of  the  resolution,  the  FCC  would  be  forbidden  from  reissuing  any  substantially  similar  rules.  In  short  the  agency  would  be 
 powerless  to  cure  the  infirmities  identified  by  the  court. 
 “What  is  most  important  is  to  have  the  best  policies  for  the  American  people.  I  hope  the  House  will  take  a  more  considered  view  of  the  public  interest.” 


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