Cardenas Had Planned Comcast/TWC Filing With CPUC
Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., had planned to ask the California Public Utilities Commission to block Comcast's then-planned buy of Time Warner Cable in California. Comcast called off the deal Friday (see 1504240066">1504240066). “Today is a victory for consumers, for content…
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creators and for the economy of our nation,” said Cardenas, a member of the Commerce Committee, in a statement Friday, lauding Comcast’s decision. “My concerns with the merger were not simply those of a parochial interest, focused only on my District. Instead, they were concerns about vertical integration and media dominance, the ability of independent voices to be heard and the rights of consumers to bring pressure on companies to make important changes was protected.” Cardenas was one of the few lawmakers to explicitly oppose the deal. A news release from Cardenas, issued Friday and including the detail that Cardenas was ready to file a full legal brief with California regulators, showcased a timeline of the lawmaker’s activities related to the collapsed deal dating to mid-2014.