Does the Senator concede that those who use the people's airwaves to make a profit have to do it with a license from our Government?
Dick Durbin: “Does the Senator concede that those who use the people's airwaves to make a profit have to do it with a license from our…”
On the recordJuly 13, 2007
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Questioning the regulation of airwave usage during a Senate debate.
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