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Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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INTERVIEW: Senator Tammy Baldwin on the Farmers First Act of 2023

Published | Video Starts at 03:32

How can something like this perhaps help in that area? Well, first of all, I'd be one who would be fighting against rural population decline. Part of that is Getting broadband out so you're connected to the 21st-century economy and healthcare system. if you have high speed broadband. So I want to reverse this trend of folks leaving our rural areas and frankly create an opposite trend where people come back home where their roots are, where they can also thrive and make a good living. (03:32–03:43)

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Asserts the importance of broadband for connecting rural areas to modern economy and healthcare.

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