Rep. Honda (D-Cal.) is hoping to expand scope of Wireless Caucus ...
Rep. Honda (D-Cal.) is hoping to expand scope of Wireless Caucus to place greater emphasis on 3rd-generation and mobile commerce issues, spokesman told us. There have been reports that Honda would like to create new group, but spokesman said…
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freshman lawmaker had no intention of competing with existing caucus headed by Rep. Pickering (R-Miss.). He said Honda had talked with Pickering about “possibly joining in a leadership capacity” and heading up 3G and m-commerce portions. “We want to make sure we're complementing the existing efforts” to inform Congress on wireless issues, spokesman told us. He also said Honda, member of Budget Committee, is “interested in creating financial and tax incentives for people to build out broadband,” particularly to schools. He said Honda hadn’t decided to support existing proposals, such as bill to give 10% tax incentive for building broadband to underserved areas. Another Honda idea is to “create a tech corps” modeled after Peace Corps (in which Honda served), whereby technology companies would get tax incentives to lend “some of their savvy employees” to schools and school districts to install and teach technology, spokesman said.