Dear Mr. Fahvra, Just a quick note to thank you for contacting me regarding carriage contract disagreements between NFL Networks and cable companies in Wisconsin. I appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts on this subject with me. As a United States Senator, I generally do not get involved in specific business disputes. You may be interested to know, however, that the Senate Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing during which it discussed the federal role in regulating sports programming. An audio recording of the hearing, entitled, "Competition in Sports Programming and Broadcasting: Are Consumers Winning," is available on the committee's website. You may view it by visiting <a href="http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2440" target="_blank"font color="#0066cc"http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2440/font/a>. I hope you find the hearing interesting, and should relevant legislation come before the Senate in the future, I will be sure to keep your thoughts in mind. Thanks again for contacting me. I hope you feel free to do so in the future on this or any other issue of concern to you. Sincerely, Russell D. Feingold United States Senator