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Jay Rockefeller: We are fortunate as a country that Senator Rockefeller and others saw fit to lead the Nation's schools and libraries…

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
We are fortunate as a country that Senator Rockefeller and others saw fit to lead the Nation's schools and libraries into the digital era with E-Rate in the 1990s.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Acknowledges Rockefeller's role in establishing E-Rate for schools and libraries.

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