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Ed Markey: I think it would be ill-advised for the Congress to move in and try to be the agency of expertise.

On the recordMarch 17, 2015
I think it would be ill-advised for the Congress to move in and try to be the agency of expertise.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey warns Congress against interfering with the FCC's established expertise on net neutrality.

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