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On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
Now, we could have given everyone of Mike Doyle's constituents $25,000, and I bet they would have been able to go out and find some sort of broadband.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton questions the necessity of a broadband program given existing access.

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