Patrick Leahy actually said...

It cuts funding for the FCC's core budget by 5 percent. This may pale in comparison with the drastic cuts proposed for other agencies, but it is a significant reduction for an agency whose budget basically flat funded for years.

Context

Leahy criticizes the Trump budget for cutting FCC funding, impacting net neutrality and broadband privacy.

06/19/2017

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