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Roger Wicker: “There are about 500,000 households that are not covered under the current Connect America Fund that were basically left…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2016
There are about 500,000 households that are not covered under the current Connect America Fund that were basically left behind in the first two rounds of the Connect America Fund.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker highlights the issue of unserved households in the Connect America Fund.

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