03/10/2015
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"MVPDs would only be allowed to import a distant signal when the local station has refused to keep the in-market signal up while contract negotiations continue."
"Reforming the retransmission consent regime to address the broadcasters' government-sanctioned monopoly could halt the trend in rising prices and prevent consumers from suffering blackouts."
"In order to provide blackout relief to consumers, Congress could designate those who are caught in a broadcast television blackout as 'unserved.'"
"It is also an issue that brings Americans together because we all agree it is simply unacceptable that more than 60,000 veterans are homeless on any given night."