Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-032-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) has served its mission to help bring electricity and telephone service to rural areas, and whether funding for current REA loan programs should be cut from the federal budget. The episode aired on Friday, August 13, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.