Such a hearing could hasten the development of further safety-related measures under consideration, like warning labels on helmets that would explain their limited safety properties with respect to concussions.
But the committee takes other factors into consideration, like employment trends and consumer confidence.
"You shop around for the best price, but you also take other things into consideration, like service," Mr. Sing said.
"It will be taken into consideration like any other suggestion we receive," said David H. Fiske, an F.C.C. spokesman.
As for an inconvenient consideration like human rights, he spoke scornfully of those who deem the harsh interrogation technique known as waterboarding to be torture.
If the current bill is passed it would also pre-empt states from passing any other food safety measures under consideration, like requiring the labeling of genetically modified foods, because the federal government does not believe such labeling is necessary.
