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Marsha Blackburn: I think it is important to note that what this amendment does is to allow those citizens in those cities, in those…

On the recordJuly 15, 2014
I think it is important to note that what this amendment does is to allow those citizens in those cities, in those States that have made this decision--this is how they want to handle broadband--to do it. It gives the power to them. It keeps bureaucrats, sitting at the FCC, from making these decisions and overriding the wishes of our States and of those cities that are located therein. I urge adoption of the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee
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Jul 15, 2014

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