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 STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONER  MICHAEL  J.  COPPS 
 Re:  New  Part  4  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  Concerning  Disruptions  to  Communications;  ET  Docket  No.  04-  35,  Report  and  Order 
 This  goes  back  to  my  comments  earlier  today.  Mandatory  reporting  rules  may  not  be  our  first  choice  in  this  area,  but  sometimes  they  are  necessary.  And  when  they  are 
 necessary,  we  should  step  up  to  the  plate  and  just  do  them.  Our  experience  in  this  particular  area  has  been  that  voluntary  mechanisms  have  not  given  us  the  information  that 
 we  need  to  do  our  job  on  homeland  security.  That  realization  brings  us  to  this  decision,  which  I  approve.  Thanks  to  OET  for  bringing  this  item  to  us. 
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