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Mike Turner: “We cannot afford to have Federal telecommunications policy, especially where it affects national security, to be made in…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2011
We cannot afford to have Federal telecommunications policy, especially where it affects national security, to be made in the same way that the White House has parceled out a half billion dollars in loan guarantees to the failed Solyndra Corporation, a large political campaign contributor of the President.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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Turner emphasizes the importance of transparent federal telecommunications policy linked to national security.

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