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John Dingell: “Successive iterations of the 1988 Satellite Home Viewer Act, SHVA, were enacted by Congress in order to extend the…”

On the recordJune 11, 2013
Successive iterations of the 1988 Satellite Home Viewer Act, SHVA, were enacted by Congress in order to extend the principle of localism to the greatest degree possible to unserved viewers.
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John Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

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Dingell emphasizes the importance of localism in satellite television legislation.

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