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Question: We have had an FCC chairman who’s been a deregulator. I looked back in the records. You missed the vote in the Senate last fall which overturned his media ownership rules.
Kerry: Right 1. I wasn’t there for the vote 2.
—C-SPAN interview, June 3, 2004
[1] but I declared myself completely in favor of it
[2] but I was 100 percent in favor of overturning his rules
Verbatim:
Right, but I declared myself completely in favor of it. I wasn’t there for the vote, but I was 100 percent in favor of overturning his rules.
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