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1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The increase in cable television rates is cause
3 for concern and requires the urgent study and action of the
4 U.S. Congress; and
5 WHEREAS, The increase in cable television rates is
6 disproportionately shouldered by consumers; and
7 WHEREAS, Cable television rates are rising 4 times faster
8 than the rate of inflation; and
9 WHEREAS, Cable television regulations allow the cable
10 companies to add poor programming to justify higher rates;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, Current law provides that the Federal
13 Communication Commission may not regulate cable television
14 rates after March 31, 1999; and
15 WHEREAS, The Federal Communication Commission's annual
16 cable television study reported that the alternative
17 competition to the cable industry is not growing fast enough
18 to slow the rate increases; therefore, be it
19 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
20 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
21 CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the U.S. Congress to pass
22 legislation to enable the Federal Communications Commission
23 to regulate cable television rates after March 31, 1999; and
24 be it further
25 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
26 delivered to the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate,
27 the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and each
28 member of the Illinois congressional delegation.