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On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
This program has not been the promised downpayment on economic prosperity and I think it can hardly be described as getting off the ground yet.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby criticizes the broadband program's failure to deliver promised economic benefits.

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