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SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHEN LIVES ARE AT STAKE.  ARRL PRESIDENT RICK
RODERICK, K5UR, EXPRESSED THE LEAGUES APPRECIATION TO THE SENATE SPONSORS.
ARRL IS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF SENATORS WICKER AND BLUMENTHAL FOR
SPONSORING THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION, AND FOR ADVOCATING THIS
BILL FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS, HE SAID.  THEIR CONTINUING SUPPORT IS CRITICAL
TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR EFFORTS.  PRESIDENT RODERICK ALSO THANKED SENATOR
JOHN THUNE R SD, WHO CHAIRS THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE, FOR CHAMPIONING
THE PARITY ACT IN THE SENATE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OUR EFFORT.  THE BILL
HAS ENJOYED WIDESPREAD, BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.  IN THE 114TH CONGRESS, NEARLY
130 COSPONSORS SIGNED ONTO THE LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
THE LEGISLATION, WHICH STRIKES A CAREFULLY CRAFTED BALANCE FOR ALL
CONCERNED PARTIES, IS THE RESULT OF MONTHS OF WORK CULMINATING IN THE
ACCORD REACHED BY ARRL AND THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS INSTITUTE CAI.  THE
MEASURE PROVIDES FOR THE GUARANTEE OF AN EFFECTIVE OUTDOOR ANTENNA WHILE
PROTECTING THE AESTHETIC CONCERNS OF HOAS.  IN A STATEMENT, ARRL SAID IT
LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE BIPARTISAN LEADERSHIP OF THE SENATE AND
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