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Students without access to broadband, or the internet connected devices remote work relies on, were severely disadvantaged in their ability to learn and succeed.

Access to quality high-speed broadband can not only provide rural residents with options for telemedicine, for health care facilities that require access to broadband it also allows for health care facilities to establish their operations…

It's essential we act to finally close the digital divide that has kept so many of our rural communities from reaching their full potential.

We are here in the right place at the right time to be the leaders in Congress to finally make sure that everybody in our nation, including these 24 million in the rural communities, finally have rural broadband internet connections.

I was born in a rural area, grew up there on my grandparent's farm back in the day when we had no running water...

24 million of our American citizens, 24 million in our rural communities have no access to the internet at a time when it is critical.

Our rural communities have waited long enough. We want to be that galvanizing force to say let's do it now without delay.

I want to make it clear how important this is, and this is a number one issue facing our Committee.

I think we are going to have to come to a deal that puts additional resources on the military side.

I just don't want to see us cut our end strength if we don't have to.

Once he is gone, he is gone. And you can't train him back up.

We just want a level playing field.

Why do we let China off the hook while the U.S. continues to reduce its emissions?

At some point you reach a rate of no return, and that is what I am trying to get at here.

But they don't think that we here in the U.S. should be all suffering the consequences, economically especially, and financially, when other countries aren't doing their part.

Look, I believe in climate change, and I think it is real.

It's our duty as legislators to protect the success of our students as they pursue higher education.

In 2019 Argosy University in my district closed its doors after months of misleading students on its accreditation status.