"Testimony on H.R. 12395" before the Ways and Means Committee

Title

"Testimony on H.R. 12395" before the Ways and Means Committee

Description

Testimony of U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin before the Subcommittee on Miscellaneous Revenue Measures of the Ways and Means Committee on August 11, 1978. In his statement, Congressman AuCoin advocated for H.R. 12395, the Independent Local Newspaper Act, which aimed to amend the Internal Revenue Code to support small, independent newspapers amdist financial issues and fierce competition from bigger chains in the 1970s. The bill never came to a vote. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Creator

AuCoin, Les

Date: Display

August 11, 1978

Identifier

PUA_MS147_328

Subject

United States. Congress. House.
Legislators--United States
Bills, Legislative
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Newspaper publishing--Law and legislation

Place

United States
Oregon

Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Type

Text