Cable Show 2009: 100 Legislators Tour Broadband Nation
Boucher, Hutchison, Locke Among Those Visiting NCTA Event
John Eggerton -- Multichannel News, 4/2/2009 5:51:29 PM
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NCTA president Kyle McSlarrow said that more than 100 legislators had toured the industry's Broadband Nation exhibit at Cable Show '09 here by Thursday morning.
That was a sizable turnout considering the show only opened on Wednesday. It helped that the exhibit, showcasing the cutting edge of broadband technology, was only a few minutes away from Capitol Hill.
Some Washington movers and shakers had to cancel their appearances at Cable Show
09, including House Energy & Commerce Committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, and DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.
But there were plenty of high-profile policymakers, including Rick Boucher (D-Va.), chairman of the House Communications, Technology, & Internet Subcommittee; Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex), ranking member of the Commerce Committee; and new Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, who cut the ribbon on Broadband Nation.
Boucher said Thursday he had not yet made the tour, but hoped to do so by Friday
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