So-Called Reform Bills Would Compound Corporate Influence at the FCC
Free Press, February 9, 2012
Forty-five public interest groups sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee opposing two bills that would severely limit the FCC's ability to promote competition, innovation and access to communications services. The two bills, under the guise of "reforming the FCC," would put the very companies the FCC is tasked with regulating in control of the agency. The letter urges lawmakers to adopt more sensible reforms that would better protect consumers and promote economic development.
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