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Jim Clyburn: “If one residence in a community had broadband, the entire…”

Featuring: Jim Clyburn, Democratic | U.S. House, South Carolina, District 6

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Civil Rights, Voter ID and How Democrats Win Back Voters With Congressman Jim Clyburn

Published | Video Starts at 34:17

It's all about using the resources we have in this country so that everybody think about this. When the FCC used to classify broadband coverage, they did it by census tracts. And If one residence in a community had broadband, the entire census tract would be considered as covered. Now, the reason I was so insulted by that, my daughter was on the fcc, so she's the one that first schooled me to this, because I didn't know about this. (34:17–34:27)

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