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Chaka Fattah: “This satellite gap that the chairman raised, as we know, because the committee looked at this early on, this was set in…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2015
This satellite gap that the chairman raised, as we know, because the committee looked at this early on, this was set in place well before your tenure, well before this Administration came into being.
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Chaka Fattah
Pennsylvania

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Fattah acknowledges the ongoing issue of satellite gaps predating the current administration.

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