Waxman Cancels Cable Show Speech
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman was a no-show at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association's 58th annual convention on Wednesday night. He was scheduled to keynote a $350 per plate dinner at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel. The banquet was a fundraiser for the Cable Pioneers group, which was scheduled to induct 25 men and women who have served the cable industry for more than two decades and made meaningful contributions in the industry's evolution. Waxman was busy on the House floor managing a bill that passed his committee last month that would give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to ban marketing and sales of tobacco to children.
The lawmaker wasn't the only one who cancelled an appearance at the 2009 Cable Show on Wednesday. Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.DC, were expected at an earlier event but had scheduling conflicts. On Thursday and Friday, attendees are scheduled to hear from House Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va.; acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps; FCC Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Robert McDowell; other representatives from the Obama administration and industry analysts. For more about the Cable Show's public policy track click here.
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