I am troubled. I am deeply troubled, Chairman Pai, that under your leadership the FCC has turned from an agency whose primary objective was to ensure competition in the marketplace, to one that has been co-opted by moneyed interests and big businesses that could squeeze out competition.
Leahy criticizes Chairman Pai for prioritizing corporate interests over competition.
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Congress was the original classification authority (OCA). It let that power essentially slip away to the Executive Branch.
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Do not turn your material, do not turn your reports over to the Executive Branch and let them tell you what is or is not classified.
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