Daniel Inouye actually said...

permit local stations, not national networks . . . to control the use of their signals.

Inouye emphasized local control in retransmission consent during the 1992 Act debate.

01/28/1992

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I believe it is a magnificent achievement that deserves our full support.

It signaled the beginning of World War II and Pearl Harbor became a monument to a day that the world changed forever.

When I stepped out and saw the planes fly overhead, grey with red dots, I knew that the world had changed.

I would be reluctant to take a poll at this time among high school seniors, it may be less than a quarter.