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Ed Markey: The FTC does not have general rulemaking authority to do that.

On the recordSeptember 25, 2017
The FTC does not have general rulemaking authority to do that.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey highlights FTC's lack of authority to enforce net neutrality.

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