"Testimony on H.R. 12395" before the Ways and Means Committee · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_328
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: Year(s): 1978
Date: Display: August 11, 1978
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Bills, Legislative; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Newspaper publishing--Law and legislation
Place: United States; Oregon
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text