can you give me the name and address of the chairman of the
congressional committee having oversight on the federal communications
commission?

Hi! Thanks for the question.

The chairman of the congressional committee having oversight of the
FCC is Senator Conrad Burns of Montana. The committee is the
Subcommittee on Communications.

Sen. Conrad Burns 
Republican - Montana 
187 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg 
Washington, DC 20510 
Phone: 202-224-2644 
Website: http://www.senate.gov/~burns/  
Email: http://burns.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Contact 

The complete list of members of this committee is listed in our next
link.

US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation:
Subcommittee on Communications
http://commerce.senate.gov/subcommittees/communications.cfm#jurisdiction

I found the contact numbers for the committee members from the Open
Air Waves website.

Congressional Committee Contacts
http://www.openairwaves.org/telecom/contacts.aspx?action=commerce


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Background on the concerned organizations:

a.) FCC – “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an
independent United States government agency, directly responsible to
Congress. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934
and is charged with regulating interstate and international
communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The
FCC's jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and
U.S. possessions.”
http://www.fcc.gov/aboutus.html 


b.) US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
http://commerce.senate.gov/about/jurisdiction.html 


c.) US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation:
Subcommittee on Communications:

JURISDICTION:

Federal Communications Commission 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
Communications Satellite Corporation 
Encryption Communication 
Intelsat 
Telecommunications Industry Economics 
Telecommunications Law 
Universal Service 
Spectrum Allocation
http://commerce.senate.gov/subcommittees/communications.cfm#jurisdiction


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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 03 Sep 2003 21:17 PDT

Hi again! First of all thanks for the tip! :)

The contact information I gave you for the members at the Open  Air
Waves website also mentions data on these senators. You can
communicate to them by phone, mail or  better yet via email.

Sen. Trent Lott 
Republican - Mississippi 
487 Russell Senate Office Bldg 
Washington, DC 20510 
Phone: 202-224-6253 
Website: http://lott.senate.gov 
Email: mailto:senatorlott@lott.senate.gov 
 
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings 
Democrat - South Carolina 
Ranking  125 Russell Senate Office Bldg 
Washington, DC 20510 
Phone: 202-224-6121 
Website: http://www.senate.gov/~hollings/ 
Email: http://hollings.senate.gov/email.html 

Sen. Byron L. Dorgan 
Democrat - North Dakota 
713 Hart Senate Office Bldg 
Washington, DC 20510 
Phone: 202-224-2235 
Website: http://www.senate.gov/~dorgan/ 
Email: mailto:senator@dorgan.senate.gov 
 

Best Regards,
Easterangel-ga

I am following up on the recent egregious action by the Republican
majority on the commission in giving away the airwaves to private
broadcasters. Objections were taken by Senators Dorgan, Hollings and
Lott.  How do I direct copies of my communications to them?