The letter was written and reviewed by Janet Newton, Executive Officer of the EMR Network, and David Fichtenberg, Science and Research Advisor to the EMR Network and President of the Ad Hoc Association of Persons Concerned about the FCC Health and Safety Rules. 438, was introduced and came to a vote in barely a week's time. It was passed almost unanimously. The Senate version was introduced on April 14, l999, and is scheduled for hearings at the Commerce Committee this coming Wednesday. It could be brought to a vote in the Senate shortly after that.
Time is of the essence.
The letter will explain the problem with the proposed language of this bill. In essence, the federal government should not be telling the States how to craft their tort law. Wireless carriers ARE NOT public utilities. They DO NOT participate in the tariff structure by which states agree to some privileges for the utility in exchange for the utility's providing a service to all citizens in the State. Public utilities are regulated.