Doris Matsui: “I understand the frustration here, and I am frustrated too regarding the draft of 2011.”

Allowing this authority to lapse was a failure. To add insult to injury, it was a completely avoidable failure.

We mandated the removal of every last piece. We did that because it is a clear and immediate national security threat.

The FCC should be protecting those voices, not giving the nation’s largest station owners and the Trump Administration more power over them.

His claim that broadcasters will only be allowed to grow when they serve the ‘public interest’ is especially alarming given his record of using the FCC to pressure media companies and advance Donald Trump’s political interests.