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On the recordFebruary 7, 2017
You would think we would want a democracy where every citizen has equal access to these tools. Well, who doesn't want that? Some of these big companies that have concentrated economic power and have an interest in making money and not for speech. This Chairman has shown a consistent pattern already, in a few weeks, of basically siding with these large telecommunication companies at the expense of ordinary citizens. It may sound like a technical issue. Some folks glaze over when you say net neutrality or you talk about the technical issues of the lifeline program, but I think what they have got to know is you have an FCC Chairman who is siding with wealth interests in telecom companies over what would benefit ordinary people.
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Ro Khanna
Democratic · California
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Feb 7, 2017

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