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Ed Markey: “So to a certain extent--and we give the GAO credit for all of their great work because they were kind of handicapped by…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 2017
So to a certain extent--and we give the GAO credit for all of their great work because they were kind of handicapped by the fact that it's hard to factor in the answer to the problems that had been identified, but there are answers that have already been put on the books in 2016 by the FCC.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes existing reforms to the Lifeline program addressing GAO report issues.

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