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On the recordMarch 20, 2012
When we are done, America will be the first nation on earth to have full-fledged facilities-based telephone competition everywhere. We will achieve the vision of the two-wired world.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken references a past promise by Comcast regarding competition in telecommunications.

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