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Paul Tonko: “Currently, there is no comprehensive system that tracks where Federal dollars are going.”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2018
Currently, there is no comprehensive system that tracks where Federal dollars are going.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Tonko points out the lack of accountability in federal broadband funding.

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