FCC Press Release.
Re: FCC's Schools and Libraries Program (aka "e-rate").
Date: May 21, 1999.
Source: FCC.

THIRTY THREE SENATORS, 14 CORPORATE EXECUTIVES, INCLUDING
EIGHT CEOS, AND THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS
SUPPORT FULL FUNDING OF E-RATE

Attached are letters to William E. Kennard, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 33 U.S. Senators, executives of 14 companies, including eight CEOs, and Wade Henderson and Dorothy Height, Executive Director and Chairperson of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, which enthusiastically support Chairman Kennard's call for full funding of the e-rate.

Senators signing the letter are: Akaka (D-HI), Baucus (D-MT), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Bryan (D-NV), Chaffee (R-RI), Cleland (D-GA), Collins (R-ME), Conrad (D-ND), Daschle (D-SD), Dodd (D-CT), Durbin (D-IL), Harkin (D-IA), Jeffords (R-VT), Johnson (D-SD), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerrey (D-NE), Kerry (D-MA), Kohl (D-WI), Lautenburg (D-NJ), Levin (D-MI), Lieberman (D-CT), Mikulski (D-MD), Murray (D-WA), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV), Robb (D-VA), Sarbanes (D-MD), Snowe (R-ME), Torricelli (D-NJ), Wellstone (D-MN), Wyden (D-OR).

The business executives are: Carol Bartz, CEO, Autodesk, Inc.; Eric Benhamou, Chairman and CEO, 3Com; John T. Chambers, President and CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc.; David Ellington, President and CEO, NetNoir; John Kernan, Chairman and CEO, Lightspan Partnership, Inc.; Neil Perez, President and CEO, PocketScience, Inc.; Willem P. Roelandts, CEO, Xilinx, Inc.; Dr. Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Novell, Inc.; Christopher G. Caine, Vice-President, Governmental Programs, IBM Corporation; John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Cuafield and Byers; Dave House, President, Nortel Networks; Nancy Heinen, Senior VP, General Counsel and Secretary, Apple Computer, Inc.; Joseph Tasker Jr., VP and Associate General Counsel, Government Affairs, Compaq; and Ken Wasch, President, Software and Information Industry Association.

The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights is a coalition of more than 180 national organizations representing people of color, women, children, labor unions, persons with disabilities, older Americans, major religious groups, gay and lesbians and civil liberties and human rights groups.