Fixing the contribution factor is much needed.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Budd), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), and the Senator from Kansas…

The High Cost Program within the FCC's Universal Service Fund has been critical in delivering broadband services to rural areas.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1583 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

The bipartisan Principle Universal Service has been a bedrock of our Nation's communications policies for nearly 90 years.

Fixing the contribution factor is much needed.

Vouchers may be appropriate in some areas. However, in states like South Dakota, the problem is...financing build-out to sparsely populated areas.

Vouchers may be appropriate in some areas. However, in states like South Dakota, the problem is...financing build-out to sparsely populated areas.

For years I've called upon the Commission, both under Republican and Democrat leadership, to undertake a fundamental analysis of the program to determine if the program has been effective means of increasing subscribership among low-income…

I recently led the majority of my Republican colleagues on this committee requesting NTIA remove these unnecessary requirements from the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program or the BEAD Program.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1539 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

it is May 10--May 10. If the President's Treasury Secretary is correct, in 3 weeks, the United States could reach the limit of its borrowing capacity, and--and, absent an agreement between the President and Congress to raise the debt…

I recently led the majority of my Republican colleagues on this committee requesting NTIA remove these unnecessary requirements from the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program or the BEAD Program.

I've recently joined Senators Klobuchar, Moran, and Hickenlooper in reintroducing legislation to require the FCC to update the contribution system.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Budd) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Budd) would have voted ``nay.''…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer). The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 121 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 118 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville). The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 120 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Capito…