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Richard Blumenthal: “I believe strongly and I have written and used the oversight hearings of the Judiciary Committee, where I serve, to…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2013
I believe strongly and I have written and used the oversight hearings of the Judiciary Committee, where I serve, to encourage the Department of Justice to continue policies and to encourage the FCC to adopt policies that ensure that smaller carriers have access to spectrum so that they can provide competition and competitive discipline, not for the sake of competition but for the sake of consumers, not for the sake of any companies but for the sake of the people, ultimately, who benefit.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal emphasizes the importance of competition in spectrum access for consumer benefit.

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