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Melissa Ratcliff: “Accessing broadband is also a rural issue as well as an…”

Featuring: Melissa Ratcliff, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, 16th District

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Democratic candidate forum for Wisconsin Senate District 16

Published | Video Starts at 21:46

As you build those relationships and understand the differences in not only your community, but in other areas, you're able to then work to find common ground, which is how broadband became such a big issue for me to work on. Because Accessing broadband is also a rural issue as well as an urban issue with affordability, which makes it inaccessible sometimes. And this is why we can work across the aisle to get broadband expansion done. So building relationships is really important. And what I have been doing throughout my time. (21:46–21:58)

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Asserts that broadband access is a significant issue due to affordability in both rural and urban areas.

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