Fifteen percent of the proposed area of service is the requirement for the loan?
The topic of today's hearing is Rural Development.
I appreciate your testimony. Thank you for joining us today.
It does not solve the problem permanently, but it certainly solves the immediate problem.
We do have some concerns about the public policy benefit of an action like a partial prepaid loan.
I cannot understand the public policy of that. It does not benefit the utility. It does not impact the end-user.
Do you have any sense that Rural Development is advocating for a position beneficial to the repayment of their loans and...
That requires us to have the best information possible to make those decisions.
Many issues facing rural communities are unique to those areas in an ever-increasing urbanized and technologically-advan...
We, certainly, would like that information. Obviously, the appropriation bill requires that information be provided.
I have been worried for a long time, going back to the original order of the FCC particularly related to the Universal S...
I suppose, in a broad sense, today's hearing is about rural development. I would suggest that our ability to attract and...
There has always been an excess, Mr. Boisvert, in the demand for RUS telecommunication loan programs.
We will continue to press Rural Development for more clarity, because we believe they have the authority to do what need...
We want to make certain that the money the taxpayers provide you is well-spent.
We believe that increasing the population limit to 20,000, with a priority given to smaller communities, would provide a...
I was fishing for a compliment. Thank you.
If there is a problem within the agency, we need to know that.
