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Mark Begich: “When you think of the high cost to deliver--even though we debate the FCC recently, and we think they should correct…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
When you think of the high cost to deliver--even though we debate the FCC recently, and we think they should correct this, and I think they will--when they made the claim that it was cheaper to build in Alaska than in the Lower 48, which--I missed that, in all my life, being born and raised in Alaska.
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

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Begich challenges the FCC's claim about infrastructure costs in Alaska.

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