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Ed Markey: nearly two decades after then-Representative Ed Markey warned about the 'digital divide,' we still have one.

On the recordOctober 28, 2013
nearly two decades after then-Representative Ed Markey warned about the 'digital divide,' we still have one.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the ongoing issue of the digital divide in America.

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