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On the recordApril 21, 2009
In Alaska, I think in the last Commerce Committee meeting, I coined the phrase 'extreme rural,' which is what Alaska is.
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

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Begich highlights Alaska's unique rural health care challenges.

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