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John Ensign: “I simply do not see any signs of a gross market failure that might warrant the Government spending tens of billions of…”

On the recordApril 13, 2010
I simply do not see any signs of a gross market failure that might warrant the Government spending tens of billions of dollars to subsidize broadband.
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John Ensign

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Senator Ensign questions the need for government subsidies in broadband.

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