STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — When KISS frontman Gene Simmons appeared Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to speak to lawmakers in favor of the American Music Fairness Act, he also spent time with Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.

Simmons testified before the Senate Judiciary Intellectual Property Subcommittee, urging passage of the bill, which would require AM/FM radio broadcasters to pay royalties to copyright holders when their songs are played on air.

“It looks like a small issue [when] there are wars going on and everything,” Simmons told the committee. “But our emissaries to the world are Elvis and Frank Sinatra.”According to UPI, Simmons said music icons like Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby were treated “worse than slaves” by radio broadcasters.

During his Washington visit, Simmons, who ha

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