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On the recordApril 4, 2011
Most people probably can't imagine life without a telephone; yet today, as Ms. Taylor said, more than 30 percent of the households in Indian country don't have basic access to telephone service.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

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Udall emphasizes the lack of telephone access in Indian country.

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