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Ed Markey: So here is the broadband giant's industry formula: Give the Federal Trade Commission authority over broadband, and then…

On the recordSeptember 25, 2017
So here is the broadband giant's industry formula: Give the Federal Trade Commission authority over broadband, and then gut the Federal Trade Commission's authority to protect competition and innovation.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey critiques the broadband industry's plan to weaken FTC's authority.

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