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Ed Markey: In that debate, we were told that mandating closed captioning on all television sets would cost $20 per TV set. It would…

On the recordMay 25, 2010
In that debate, we were told that mandating closed captioning on all television sets would cost $20 per TV set. It would crush the industry.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey recalls past objections to closed captioning legislation.

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