WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Senator Todd Young issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, discussed the importance of local news to American communities during a committee hearing on Tuesday. The hearing focused on the Federal Communications Commission's current broadcast media ownership rules in light of today's evolving media landscape.
"If members of my community don't have access to their local news, it can be an impediment to useful information and the decisions they make, the actions they take. Our sense of community can be undermined," said Young. "But, I actually think what's most at stake is our democracy. If I don't know what's happe...