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Gary Peters: “We need--but the critical need, right now, is to establish the authority of the FCC to act, to mandate that the FCC act…”

On the recordJune 21, 2021
We need--but the critical need, right now, is to establish the authority of the FCC to act, to mandate that the FCC act, and to provide the means to collect all this information.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters stresses the urgency of granting the FCC the authority to ensure network reliability.

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