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On the recordMarch 24, 2015
But putting that small fact aside for a moment, you don't think that the FCC's decision had anything to do with public sentiment, which I gather in a representative democracy is pretty important?
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Jeffries argues that public sentiment should influence the FCC's decisions in a democracy.

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