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Richard Blumenthal: “So the question on my mind is, why should the public--us, all of us--provide all of these very substantive benefits, but…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
So the question on my mind is, why should the public--us, all of us--provide all of these very substantive benefits, but insist on only very limited consumer protections?
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal questions the fairness of public assistance to broadband companies without adequate consumer protections.

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