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Ed Markey: Paying for record high budgets by siphoning money from USF is a dangerous precedent.

On the recordMarch 17, 2015
Paying for record high budgets by siphoning money from USF is a dangerous precedent.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey warns against using Universal Service Fund for FCC budget increases.

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