Political Quotes

On the recordJuly 24, 2017
Rural America is being left behind. And the promise of the 1996 act has been broken.
Said by
Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Welch highlights the disparity in internet access between rural and urban areas.

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