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Joe Manchin: “If you don't have the infrastructure Lifeline is maybe nice in theory but meaningless in practice.”

On the recordJune 1, 2015
If you don't have the infrastructure Lifeline is maybe nice in theory but meaningless in practice.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes the necessity of infrastructure for the Lifeline program to be effective.

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