Honorable Billy Tauzin
United States Representative, Louisiana, Republican
Representative Tauzin, of the Third District of Louisiana, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1971 to 1979. He is Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and a member of the Resources Committee. He is also a Deputy Majority Whip. The following is from April 25, 2001, hearings before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on H.R. 1542, the Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act.[Representative John] Dingell [MI-D] and I worked with many of our colleagues for the past two years attempting to finish the deregulation…
