04/24/2013
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"Another critical component of the Universal Service Program will be the Remote Areas Fund."
"We cannot afford to leave rural America behind and we are very concerned about this."
"We made a promise to our miners and cutting this critical funding undermines that promise."
"That may seem like a small amount when we're talking about this huge budget, but for a $7.2 million program that serves some of the hardest working people the country, that's a lot of money."