12/05/2011
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"The ReConnect Program...has delivered a total of $3.86 billion to create and improve high-speed internet access to rural customers."
"only $2 billion was provided for USDA's Rural Development broadband."
"Expanding high-speed, reliable, and affordable broadband access in rural America is a top priority of mine in this farm bill."
"Most areas in rural America go without broadband, and that must change now."