09/27/2010
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"I included in the farm bill a program to deploy ultra-high-speed networks in rural areas."
"We cannot rehab affordable housing. We cannot make home ownership a reality in rural America with all that means."
"We have to ensure that we have this broadband high-speed Internet, because otherwise, you are not going to bring the jobs into rural America."
"I worry that in USDA, the cuts have disproportionately impacted Rural Development--a billion dollars in proposed cuts of loans and grants for business development."