Democratic senator sends warning to FCC Chairman Carr

Sen. Blumenthal says chairman must release records by Nov. 30 pertaining to investigations into First Amendment violations

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Just days after Democrats swept the midterm elections, Congress is ramping up its investigations of the FCC.

On Thursday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to Chairman Brendan Carr, notifying him that all all records pertaining to an ongoing inquiry by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations minority be readily accessible by the end of November.

Blumenthal was referring to an inquiry he and fellow Democratic members of the committee instigated more than a year ago over FCC actions that Blumenthal said “erode and undermine freedom of speech and freedom of the press and bear on the laws governing media consolidation.”

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