The Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA), which opposes imposition of a new performance royalty on AM and FM radio stations, has added a bipartisan coalition of five Members of the House of Representatives as co-sponsors. The LRFA is now currently co-sponsored by 193 Members of the House and 12 Senators.
The members adding their support are Reps. Susan Brooks (IN), Andy Harris (MD), Steven Horsford (NV), Walter Jones (NC) and Steve Scalise (LA).
Reps. Michael Conaway (R-TX) and Gene Green (D-TX) introduced the Local Radio Freedom Act (H. Con. Res. 16) in the House of Representatives on February 15 along with 71 additional co-sponsors. An identical resolution (S. Con. Res. 6) was introduced in the Senate on March 6 by Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND).
“Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over-the-air, or on any business for such public performance of sound recordings,” reads the LRFA.
The 193 House cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act include (new cosponsors in bold):
| Rodney Alexander (LA-5) Robert Andrews (NJ-1) Spencer Bachus (AL-6) Ron Barber (AZ-2) Andy Barr (KY-6) John Barrow (GA-12) Joe Barton (TX-6) Dan Benishek (MI-1) Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) Sanford Bishop (GA-2) Jo Bonner (AL-1) Charles Boustany (LA-3) Jim Bridenstine (OK-1) Mo Brooks (AL-5) Susan Brooks (IN-5) Vern Buchanan (FL-16) G.K. Butterfield (NC-1) Ken Calvert (CA-42) John Campbell (CA-45) Shelley Moore Capito (WV-2) Mike Capuano (MA-7) John Carney (DE-AL) Bill Cassidy (LA-6) Kathy Castor (FL-14) Steve Chabot (OH-1) Wm. Lacy Clay (MO-1) Mike Coffman (CO-6) Tom Cole (OK-4) Michael Conaway (TX-11) Paul Cook (CA-8) Tom Cotton (AR-4) Joseph Courtney (CT-2) Kevin Cramer (ND-AL) Rick Crawford (AL-1) Ander Crenshaw (FL-4) Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Steve Daines (MT-AL) Rodney Davis (IL-13) Charles Dent (PA-15) Scott DesJarlais (TN-4) Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) John Dingell (MI-12) Sean Duffy (WI-7) Jeff Duncan (SC-3) John Duncan (TN-2) Renee Ellmers (NC-2) Blake Farenthold (TX-27) Michael Fitzpatrick (PA-8) John Fleming (LA-4) Bill Flores (TX-17) Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1) Virginia Foxx (NC-5) Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) Cory Gardner (CO-4) Jim Gerlach (PA-6) Bob Gibbs (OH-7) Christopher Gibson (NY-19) Phil Gingrey (GA-11) Paul Gosar (AZ-4) Trey Gowdy (SC-4) Kay Granger (TX-12) Sam Graves (MO-6) Tom Graves (GA-14) Gene Green (TX-29) Tim Griffin (AR-2) |
Brett Guthrie (KY-2) Ralph Hall (TX-4) Richard Hanna (NY-22) Gregg Harper (MS-3) Andy Harris (MD-1) Vicky Hartzler (MO-4) Alcee Hastings (FL-23) Doc Hastings (WA-4) Joe Heck (NV-3) Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15) Steven Horsford (NV-4) Richard Hudson (NC-8) Tim Huelskamp (KS-1) Randy Hultgren (IL-14) Duncan Hunter (CA-50) Robert Hurt (VA-5) Lynn Jenkins (KS-2) Bill Johnson (OH-6) Walter Jones (NC-3) Jim Jordan (OH-11) David Joyce (OH-14) Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) Ron Kind (WI-3) Peter King (NY-2) Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) John Kline (MN-2) Ann Kuster (NH-2) Doug Lamborn (CO-5) Leonard Lance (NJ-7) James Lankford (OK-5) Tom Latham (IA-3) Robert Latta (OH-5) Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2) Dave Loebsack (IA-2) Billy Long (MO-7) Frank Lucas (OK-3) Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-1) Ben Ray Lujan (NM-3) Cynthia Lummis (WY-AL) Dan Maffei (NY-24) Kenny Marchant (TX-24) Thomas Massie (KY-4) Jim Matheson (UT-4) Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4) Patrick McHenry (NC-10) Mike McIntyre (NC-7) Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5) Mark Meadows (NC-11) Patrick Meehan (PA-7) Gregory Meeks (NY-5) Luke Messmer (IN-6) Michael Michaud (ME-2) Candice Miller (MI-10) Jeff Miller (FL-1) Markwayne Mullin (OK-2) Mick Mulvaney (SC-5) Randy Neugebauer (TX-19) Kristi Noem (SD-AL) Devin Nunes (CA-22) Alan Nunnelee (MS-1) Pete Olson (TX-22) Bill Owens (NY-21) Steven Palazzo (MS-4) |
Erik Paulsen (MN-3) Frank Pallone (NJ-6) Bill Pascrell (NJ-9) Steve Pearce (NM-2) Tom Petri (WI-6) Joe Pitts (PA-16) Ted Poe (TX-2) Mike Pompeo (KS-4) Bill Posey (FL-8) Charles Rangel (NY-13) Tom Reed (NY-23) Jim Renacci (OH-16) Reid Ribble (WI-8) Scott Rigell (VA-2) Martha Roby (AL-2) Harold Rogers (KY-5) Mike Rogers (AL-3) Mike Rogers (MI-8) Todd Rokita (IN-4) Peter Roskam (IL-6) Dennis Ross (FL-15) Edward Royce (CA-39) Jon Runyan (NJ-3) Paul Ryan (WI-1) Tim Ryan (OH-13) Matt Salmon (AZ-5) John Sarbanes (MD-3) Steve Scalise (LA-1) Aaron Schock (IL-18) Allyson Schwartz (PA-13) David Schweikert (AZ-6) David Scott (GA-13) Pete Sessions (TX-32) Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1) John Shimkus (IL-15) Mike Simpson (ID-2) Adrian Smith (NE-3) Christopher Smith (NJ-4) Steve Southerland (FL-2) Steve Stivers (OH-15) Lee Terry (NE-2) Glenn Thompson (PA-5) Pat Tiberi (OH-12) Scott Tipton (CO-3) Mike Turner (OH-10) Fred Upton (MI-6) David Valadao (CA-21) Marc Veasey (TX-33) Peter Visclosky (IN-1) Ann Wagner (MO-2) Tim Walberg (MI-7) Greg Walden (OR-2) Tim Walz (MN-1) Randy Weber (TX-14) Brad Wenstrup (OH-2) Lynn Westmoreland (GA-3) Ed Whitfield (KY-1) Roger Williams (TX-25) Frederica Wilson (FL-24) Joe Wilson (SC-2) Rob Wittman (VA-1) Steve Womack (AR-3) Kevin Yoder (KS-3) Don Young (AK-AL) |
The Local Radio Freedom Act’s 12 Senate cosponsors are:
| John Barrasso (R-WY) Max Baucus (D-MT) John Boozman (R-AR) Michael Enzi (R-WY) Martin Heinrich (D-NM) Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) |
James Inhofe (R-OK) Tim Johnson (D-SD) Pat Roberts (R-KS) Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) Tom Udall (D-NM) David Vitter (R-LA) |
I don’t get it. The Republicans on this list say they believe in the free market, don’t they? Not government intervention. This sounds suspiciously like socialism. Don’t you think?
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