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Mr. MOORHEAD. This morning, the ranking minority member of the full committee, Mr. Conyers, is on his way. I left him just a few minutes ago. And he will have, I am sure, an opening statement. But in the meanwhile, our good friend, Howard Berman, who represents a district very much involved in the film industry, just to the west of my district, is here this morning and I am sure he has an opening statement.
Mr. Berman. Well, it is true I represent a district which has a lot of people that work in the film industry and in the entertainment industry generally. And the only thing I don't have is an opening statement. But I do appreciate the hearing on these important issues.
We have been talking about a lot of them for a long time. And it is also very nice to have a hearing so close to home. And so I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for scheduling the hearing. And I will be active in the question periods, but I don't have anjd^hing particularly to add right now.
Mr. MoORHEAD. Another member that is here, and actually the first member that arrived here, was Xavier Becerra, who represents the district just to the south of us here. He only lives 3 miles from this courthouse.
Mr. Becerra. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased that you scheduled the hearing 3 miles from my house. It is a lot better than scheduling them 2,500 miles from my house. And I will just associate myself with all the remarks made by my colleague, Mr. Berman, and leave my opening statement as that.
Mr. MoORHEAD. This morning, we have a very distinguished panel before us. Our first witness will be Mr. Jack Valenti, who is the president of the Motion Picture Association of America. I have had the pleasure of working with him on many occasions.
Mr. Valenti is a graduate of the University of Houston and Harvard Business School. He cofounded the advertising and political consulting agency of Weekly & Valenti. He served as Special Assistant to the President in Lyndon Johnson's White House and became the third president and CEO of the MPAA in 1966.
Since that time, Mr. Valenti has presided over many changes in the film industry and has authored numerous books and essays. We welcome Mr. Valenti.
I am going to introduce the other three, and then I will have you come on first.
Our second witness will be Ms. Marilyn Bergman, who is the president and chairman of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, or ASCAP.
Ms. Bergman is a three-time Academy Award winner, a two-time Grammy Award winner, and a two-time Emmy Award winner; all of those awards.
She was introduced into the Song Writers Hall of Fame in 1979. She and her husband, Alan Bergman, are one of the most respected song writing teams in music today. Ms. Bergman is a graduate of New York's high school of music and art and of New York University.
In 1985, she became the first woman to be elected to the board of directors of ASCAP. Ms. Bergman is a member of the executive committee of the music branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures