Five House Members Added As Local Radio Freedom Act Cosponsors

25/05/2017

Five House Members Added As Local Radio Freedom Act Cosponsors WASHINGTON, DC -- Five Members of the House of Representatives have joined as cosponsors of a bipartisan resolution that opposes any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA) now has 185 cosponsors in the House and 22 in the Senate.

Adding their support for the Local Radio Freedom Act in the House are Reps. John Culberson (TX-7), Ben Ray Lujan (NM-3), Devin Nunes (CA-22), Bill Posey (FL-8) and Pete Roskam (IL-6).

Reps. Michael Conaway (R-TX) and Gene Green (D-TX) are the principal cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act (H. Con. Res. 13) in the House of Representatives. Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) introduced a companion resolution in the Senate (S. Con. Res. 6).

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 the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station broadcast over the air, reads the Local Radio Freedom Act.

The 185 House co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act include (new cosponsors in bold):

Ralph Abraham (LA-5)

Rick Allen (GA-12)

Mark Amodei (NV-2)

Brian Babin (TX-36)

Don Bacon (NE-2)

Jim Banks (IN-3)

Lou Barletta (PA-11)

Andy Barr (KY-6)

Joe Barton (TX-6)

Joyce Beatty (OH-3)

Gus Bilirakis (FL-12)

Sanford Bishop (GA-2)

Rod Blum (IA-1)

Madeleine Bordallo (AL-GU)

Mike Bost (IL-12)

Dave Brat (VA-7)

Jim Bridenstine (OK-1)

Mo Brooks (AL-5)

Susan Brooks (IN-5)

Anthony Brown (MD-4)

Vern Buchanan (FL-16)

Larry Bucshon (IN-8)

Ted Budd (NC-13)

G.K. Butterfield (NC-1)

Bradley Byrne (AL-1)

Ken Calvert (CA-42)

Michael Capuano (MA-7)

Andre Carson (IN-7)

Buddy Carter (GA-1)

Kathy Castor (FL-14)

Steve Chabot (OH-1)

Liz Cheney (WY-AL)

Katherine Clark (MA-5)

Wm. Lacy Clay (MO-1)

Mike Coffman (CO-6)

Tom Cole (OK-4)

Chris Collins (NY-27)

James Comer (KY-1)

Michael Conaway (TX-11)

Paul Cook (CA-8)

Joe Courtney (CT-2)

Kevin Cramer (ND-AL)

Rick Crawford (AR-1)

Henry Cuellar (TX-28)

John Culberson (TX-7))

Rodney Davis (IL-13)

Peter DeFazio (OR-4)

John Delaney (MD-6)

Charlie Dent (PA-15)

Debbie Dingell (MI-12)

Dan Donovan (NY-11)

Sean Duffy (WI-7)

John Duncan (TN-2)

Keith Ellison (MN-5)

Tom Emmer (MN-6)

Blake Farenthold (TX-27)

John Faso (NY-19)

Bill Flores (TX-17)

Virginia Foxx (NC-5)

Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)

Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1)

Mike Gallagher (WI-8)

Bob Gibbs (OH-7)

Vicente Gonzalaz (TX-15)

Paul Gosar (AZ-4)

Kay Granger (TX-12)

Sam Graves (MO-6)

Tom Graves (GA-14)

Al Green (TX-9)

Gene Green (TX-29)

Glenn Grothman (WI-6)

Brett Guthrie (KY-2)

Vicky Hartzler (MO-4)

Alcee Hastings (FL-20)

Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3)

French Hill (AR-2)

Richard Hudson (NC-8)

Randy Hultgren (IL-14)

Evan Jenkins (WV-3)

Lynn Jenkins (KS-2)

Bill Johnson (OH-6)

Walter Jones (NC-3)

Jim Jordan (OH-4)

David Joyce (OH-14)

Marcy Kaptur (OH-9)

John Katko (NY-24)

Bill Keating (MA-9)

Trent Kelly (MS-1)

Derek Kilmer (WA-6)

Ron Kind (WI-3)

Adam Kinzinger (IL-16)

Ann Kuster (NH-2)

Darin LaHood (IL-18)

Doug LaMalfa (CA-1)

Doug Lamborn (CO-5)

Leonard Lance (NJ-7)

Bob Latta (OH-5)

Jason Lewis (MN-2)

Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2)

Dave Loebsack (IA-2)

Billy Long (MO-7)

Barry Loudermilk (GA-11)

Frank Lucas (OK-3)

Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3)

Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-1)

Ben Ray Lujan (NM-3)

Stephen Lynch (MA-8)

Kenny Marchant (TX-24)

Roger Marshall (KS-1)

Thomas Massie (KY-4)

Patrick McHenry (NC-10)

David McKinley (WV-1)

Martha McSally (AZ-2)

Luke Messer (IN-6)

Paul Mitchell (MI-10)

Alex Mooney (WV-2)

Markwayne Mullin (OK-2)

Dan Newhouse (WA-4)

Kristi Noem (SD-AL)

Devin Nunes (CA-22)

Tom OHalleran (AZ-1)

Pete Olson (TX-22)

Beto ORourke (TX-16)

Steven Palazzo (MS-4)

Frank Pallone (NJ-6)

Erik Paulsen (MN-3)

Bill Pascrell (NJ-9)

Steve Pearce (NM-2)

Robert Pittenger (NC-9)

Stacey Plaskett (VI-AL)

Ted Poe (TX-2)

Bill Posey (FL-8)

Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (AS-AL)

Jim Renacci (OH-16)

Hal Rogers (KY-5)

Mike Rogers (AL-3)

Todd Rokita (IN-4)

Pete Roskam (IL-6)

Dennis Ross (FL-15)

David Rouzer (NC-7)

Steve Russell (OK-5)

Tim Ryan (OH-13)

Kurt Schrader (OR-5)

David Schweikert (AZ-6)

Austin Scott (GA-8)

David Scott (GA-13)

Pete Sessions (TX-32)

Terri Sewell (AL-7)

John Shimkus (IL-15)

Bill Shuster (PA-9)

Mike Simpson (ID-2)

Albio Sires (NJ-8)

Adrian Smith (NE-3)

Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-9)

Chris Smith (NJ-4)

Elise Stefanik (NY-21)

Chris Stewart (UT-2)

Steve Stivers (OH-15)

Claudia Tenney (NY-22)

Glenn Thompson (PA-5)

Pat Tiberi (OH-12)

Michael Turner (OH-10)

Fred Upton (MI-6)

David Valadao (CA-21)

Marc Veasey (TX-33)

Filemon Vela (TX-34)

Peter Visclosky (IN-1)

Ann Wagner (MO-2)

Tim Walberg (MI-7)

Mark Walker (NC-6)

Greg Walden (OR-2)

Jackie Walorski (IN-2)

Tim Walz (MN-1)

Randy Weber (TX-14)

Brad Wenstrup (OH-2)

Bruce Westerman (AR-4)

Rob Wittman (VA-1)

Frederica Wilson (FL-24)

Joe Wilson (SC-2)

Steve Womack (AR-3)

John Yarmuth (KY-3)

Kevin Yoder (KS-3)

David Young (IA-3)

Don Young (AK-AL)

Lee Zeldin (NY-01)

The Local Radio Freedom Acts 22 Senate cosponsors are:

John Barrasso (R-WY)

John Boozman (R-AR)

Richard Burr (R-NC)

Thad Cochran (R-MS)

Susan Collins (R-ME)

Tom Cotton (R-AR)

Steve Daines (R-MT)

Mike Enzi (R-WY)

Deb Fischer (R-NE)

Cory Gardner (R-CO)

Maggie Hassan (D-NH)

Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)

John Hoeven (R-ND)

James Inhofe (R-OK)

Ron Johnson (R-WI)

Joe Manchin (D-WV)

Pat Roberts (R-KS)

Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

Dan Sullivan (R-AK)

Jon Tester (D-MT)

Tom Udall (D-NM)

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