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WASHINGTON,
D.C. – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a member of the Energy
and Commerce Committee, today applauded Senate action to roll back the
Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) media consolidation rule.
The vote in the Senate was 55-40.
“Consumers
won a major victory in the Senate today and the House leadership should
stand up and take notice,” Schakowsky said.
She
added, “Republicans and Democrats agreed in the Senate that consolidating
the media in the hands of a few multinational conglomerates is irresponsible
and that diversity and localism in the press are essential to our democracy.
House Republicans now have to choose a side: They’re either with the public
or with the well-connected media moguls.” |
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