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Yvette Clarke: “Congress must take urgent action to prohibit the discriminatory deployment of broadband by internet service providers…”

On the recordMay 5, 2021
Congress must take urgent action to prohibit the discriminatory deployment of broadband by internet service providers based on income level of an area, the predominant race or ethnicity composition of an area, or other focus.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke calls for legislative action against broadband discrimination.

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