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Jon Tester: “For people like Jon Tester in Montana and for others who have sparse populations and large geographic territories…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2015
For people like Jon Tester in Montana and for others who have sparse populations and large geographic territories, legislation like this is a godsend, I would suspect.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester highlights the importance of legislation for sparsely populated areas.

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