WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Twenty-one members of the House of Representatives and two senators have added their support to a resolution opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA), which signals the opposition of members of Congress to any potential legislation that imposes new performance royalties on broadcast radio stations for music airplay, now has 188 cosponsors in the House and 23 in the Senate.
Reps. Steve Womack (R-AR-3) and Kathy Castor (D-FL-14) are the lead cosponsors of the LRFA in the House. Representatives adding their support recently for the resolution in the House are Reps. Brian Babin (R-TX-36), Aaron Bean (R-FL-4), Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-3), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL-28), Andy Harris (R-MD-1), Erin Houchin (R-IN-9), Jim Jordan (R-OH-4), Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY-23), Laurel Lee (R-FL-15), Tracey Mann (R-KS-1), Thomas Massie (R-KY-4), Betty McCollum (D-MN-4), Richard McCormick (R-GA-6), Carol Miller (R-WV-1), Marc Molinaro (R-NY-19), Mary Peltola (D-AK-AL), Keith Self (R-TX-3), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-7), and Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2).
Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and John Barrasso (R-WY) are the lead cosponsors of the LRFA in the Senate. Adding their support for the resolution in the Senate is Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).
The 188 House cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act are (new cosponsors in bold):
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Robert Aderholt (R-AL-4) Mark Alford (R-MO-4) Rick Allen (R-GA-12) Mark Amodei (R-NV-2) Jodey Arrington (R-TX-19) Brian Babin (R-TX-36) Don Bacon (R-NE-2) Troy Balderson (R-OH-12) Andy Barr (R-KY-6) Aaron Bean (R-FL-4) Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3) Jack Bergman (R-MI-1) Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12) Sanford Bishop (D-GA-2) Mike Bost (R-IL-12) Brendan Boyle (D-PA-2) Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2) Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16) Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8) Julia Budzinski (D-IL-13) Ken Calvert (R-CA-41) Mike Carey (R-OH-15) Jerry Carl (R-AL-1) Andre Carson (D-IN-7) Buddy Carter (R-GA-1) John Carter (R-TX-31) Troy Carter (D-LA-2) Kathy Castor (D-FL-14) Andrew Clyde (R-GA-9) Tom Cole (R-OK-4) James Comer (R-KY-1) Jim Costa (D-CA-21) Joe Courtney (D-CT-2) Rick Crawford (R-AR-1) Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2) Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) Sharice Davids (D-KS-3) Warren Davidson (R-OH-8) Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15) Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6) Byron Donalds (R-FL-19) Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3) Neal Dunn (R-FL-2) Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6) Tom Emmer (R-MN-6) Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) Mike Ezell (R-MS-4) Pat Fallon (R-TX-4) Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4) Brad Finstad (R-MN-1) Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7) Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-3) Mike Flood (R-NE-1) Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5) Scott Franklin (R-FL-18) Russell Fry (R-SC-7) Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8) Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2) Mike Garcia (R-CA-27) strong>Carlos Gimenez (R-FL-28) Jared Golden (D-ME-2) Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23) Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34) Bob Good (R-VA-5) Paul Gosar (R-AZ-9) Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) Kay Granger (R-TX-12) Sam Graves (R-MO-6) Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14) Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6) Michael Guest (R-MS-3) Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2) Harriet Hageman (R-WY-AL) Andy Harris (R-MD-1) Kevin Hern (R-OK-1) French Hill (R-AR-2) Erin Houchin (R-IN-9) Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6) Richard Hudson (R-NC-9) Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4) Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38) Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13) Bill Johnson (R-OH-6) Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL) Mike Johnson (R-LA-4) Jim Jordan (R-OH-4) David Joyce (R-OH-14) John Joyce (R-PA-13) Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) Bill Keating (D-MA-9) Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) Tom Kean (R-NJ-7) Trent Kelly (R-MS-1) |
Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6) Andy Kim (D-NJ-3) Annie Kuster (D-NH-2) David Kustoff (R-TN-8) Darin LaHood (R-IL-16) Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1) Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5) Greg Landsman (D-OH-1) Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY-23) John Larson (D-CT-1) Bob Latta (R-OH-5) Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2) Laurel Lee (R-FL-15) Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8) Julia Letlow (R-LA-5) Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11) Frank Lucas (R-OK-3) Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3) Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8) Stephen Lynch (D-MA-8) Nancy Mace (R-SC-1) Tracey Mann (R-KS-1) Thomas Massie (R-KY-4) Betty McCollum (D-MN-4) Richard McCormick (R-GA-6) Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) Gregory Meeks (D-NY-5) Dan Meuser (R-PA-9) Carol Miller (R-WV-1) Mary Miller (R-IL-15) Max Miller (R-OH-7) Marc Molinaro (R-NY-19) John Moolenaar (R-MI-2) Alex Mooney (R-WV-2) Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1) Seth Moulton (D-MA-6) Frank Mrvan (D-IN-1) Greg Murphy (R-NC-3) Troy Nehls (R-TX-22) Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4) Ralph Norman (R-SC-5) Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23) Chris Pappas (D-NH-1) Donald Payne (D-NJ-10) Mary Peltola (D-AK-AL) Greg Pence (R-IN-6) August Pfluger (R-TX-11) Dean Phillips (D-MN-3) Bill Posey (R-FL-8) Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS-DL) Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5) Hal Rogers (R-KY-5) Mike Rogers (R-AL-3) Matt Rosendale (R-MT-2) David Rouzer (R-NC-7) Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2) Gregorio Sablan (D-MP-DL) Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) David Scott (D-GA-13) Keith Self (R-TX-3) Pete Sessions (R-TX-17) Terri Sewell (D-AL-7) Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11) Mike Simpson (R-ID-2) Adrian Smith (R-NE-3) Chris Smith (R-NJ-4) Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17) Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-7) Melanie Stansbury (D-NM-1) Pete Stauber (R-MN-8) Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) Bryan Steil (R-WI-1) Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24) Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15) Tom Tiffany (R-WI-7) William Timmons (R-SC-4) Mike Turner (R-OH-10) David Valadao (R-CA-22) Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24) Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3) Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2) Marc Veasey (D-TX-33) Ann Wagner (R-MO-2) Tim Walberg (R-MI-5) Randy Weber (R-TX-14) Daniel Webster (R-FL-11) Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-2) Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4) Roger Williams (R-TX-25) Joe Wilson (R-SC-2) Rob Wittman (R-VA-1) Steve Womack (R-AR-3) Rudy Yakym (R-IN-2) Ryan Zinke (R-MT-1) |
The Local Radio Freedom Act's 23 Senate cosponsors are (new cosponsors in bold):
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John Barrasso (R-WY) Mike Braun (R-IN) John Boozman (R-AR) Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Susan Collins (R-ME) Kevin Cramer (R-ND) Mike Crapo (R-ID) Steve Daines (R-MT) Deb Fischer (R-NE) Maggie Hassan (D-NH) Martin Heinrich (D-NM) John Hoeven (R-ND) |
Ron Johnson (R-WI) Angus King (I-ME) Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Jon Tester (D-MT) Roger Wicker (R-MS) Todd Young (R-IN) |
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