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Bill Clinton: You understand what he's talking about? The poorest schools can have--we'll make it as close to free as we can to hook…

On the recordMay 22, 1997
You understand what he's talking about? The poorest schools can have--we'll make it as close to free as we can to hook on to the Internet, which will make a big difference, because a lot of our schools were worried about getting the equipment, the software, and everything else and just not being able to afford to stay hooked up. But the E-rate that the Federal Communications Commission approved will be a 90 percent discount for the poorest schools in the country and an average 60 percent discount. So that should mean that everybody out in the hills and hollows of north Arkansas and West Virginia should be able to afford to keep wired up. [Pina Price, owner of a tax business, mentioned the President's plan to give parents a tax credit for the cost of their children's college tuition.]
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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