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Tom Wheeler: “We need to make sure that we are going away from the 'regulator knows best' approach.”

On the recordMarch 26, 2014
We need to make sure that we are going away from the 'regulator knows best' approach.
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Tom Wheeler

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Wheeler advocates for a more flexible regulatory approach.

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