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now, robert l. johnson and all the members have a copy of the letter that i received last night. i think it's an important letter to read and i'd like to ask for unanimous consent, mr. chairman, for mr. johnson's letter to be placed in the record. >> without objection. >> thank you very much. now, why is this issue even being raised? there is a woeful record under what we are operating under now because cable companies have really moved it at a glacial pace in their efforts to make more minority programming available to consumers. essentially, there are two or three large cable companies effectively determining today what the american public sees and how they see it. so i don't know why there is a defense of this abysmal record when we have an opportunity to open new doors to diverse programming. do you want to respond to this? >> well, thank you -- >> or would you respond, please. >> there are four african-american owned channels in the 500 channel universe on a cable system. >> four out of how many? >> in a 500 channel universe. and most of them are on the most expensive tier,

now, robert l. johnson and all the members have a copy of the letter that i received last night. think it's an important letter to read and i'd like to ask for unanimous consent, mr. chairman, for mr. johnson's letter to be placed in the record. >> without objection. >> thank you very much. now, why is this issue even being raised? there is a woeful record under what we are operating under now because cable companies have really moved it at a glacial pace in their efforts to make more minority programming available to consumers. essentially, there are two or three large cable companies effectively determining today what the american public sees and how they see it. so i don't know why there is a defense of this abyss mall record when we have an opportunity to open new doors to diverse programming. do you want to respond to this? >> well, thank you -- >> or would you respond, please. >> there are four american-owned channel in the 500 channel universe on a cable system. >> four out of how many? >> in a 500 channel universe. and most of them are on the most expensive tier, by the w