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Jay Rockefeller: As part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Senator Snowe and I established the E-Rate program to provide schools and…

On the recordJuly 14, 2009
As part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Senator Snowe and I established the E-Rate program to provide schools and libraries with affordable access to telecommunications services and the Internet.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Rockefeller discusses the E-Rate program's impact on educational access to the Internet.

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