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On the recordFebruary 1, 2016
The legislation that created FirstNet was not my preferred approach. I favored construction from the bottom up, not the top down.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Sarbanes expresses his disapproval of FirstNet's creation and approach.

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