All too often, Washington, DC is a place defined more by its bureaucracy, pragmatism, and paralyzing partisanship than its ability to move the game ball forward. And frequently, the FCC — responsible broadly for our nation’s radio, telephone, and internet infrastructure — is the poster child for some of Capitol Hill’s deepest problems, torn between the needs of the people and the interests of the hundred billion-dollar corporations it’s chartered to regulate. The result is that things don’t always get done in a timely fashion. And when they do, the decisions made don’t necessarily have citizens foremost in mind.
That’s what has made Mignon Clyburn’s fleeting moment in the chairperson’s seat such a refreshing change...
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