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      <excerpt>...the material would create jobs in Tennessee, said her spokesman, Claude Chafin.  Another opponent, committee member Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., contended that the legislation would create a trade barrier between the U.S. and Italy and discourage the developm</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...that rural residents receive Internet service at the fastest speeds. Also skeptical was Communications Subcommittee ranking member Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., who balanced praise of the draft's &quot;positive steps&quot; with the complaint that more needs to be done t</excerpt>
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