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Discussion: H.R. 6935, The Space Commerce Act of 2008 (1 comment ↓)
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Jane W.
October 8, 2008, 4:13pm (report abuse)What a terrible blunder!
Udall just sponsored legislation written and openly promoted by Bush appointee Ed Morris to promote himself! Nobody in Commerce supports it since BIS, FCC and other agencies cannot possibly give this low-level Bush appointee at the SES only level lead on all their dealings with commercial companies dealing with space.
This is called the "make me King" bill by Ed Morris. Nobody thought it would be given serious consideration on the Hill so they didn't try and stop it.
Now Udall will need to defend his nonesense!
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