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On the recordOctober 11, 2011
we think it would be unfortunate that if, that that consensus, after having been reached, after so much difficult negotiation, get destroyed as a consequence of making the perfect the enemy of the good.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Warning against losing consensus on broadband reform due to perfectionism.

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