Michael O'Rielly: “I think the unintended consequence that you highlighted gets to the point of the rush to judgment.”

We're at a crossroads on contribution reform.

The situation we have today is under our current rules, and those rules have been in place for so long, they haven't worked.

I don't believe the bill addresses that, and I worry the money that is invested in other Federal programs is either going to be wasted or conflict and definitely lead to the point of overbuilding, to subsidized overbuilding.

More broadband deployment does not necessarily equate to greater adoption. Broadband will remain inaccessible to poorer families if affordability is ignored.