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Ed Markey: Back in 1993 when I was chairman of this subcommittee, we held hearings on reclaiming spectrum from the military from…

On the recordSeptember 12, 2012
Back in 1993 when I was chairman of this subcommittee, we held hearings on reclaiming spectrum from the military from other government agencies, and it was necessity.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey reflects on past hearings that reclaimed spectrum for cell phone companies.

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