Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Law, as you know, ensuring there are reliable and resilient broadband networks in rural America means not just having Federal resources to deploy these networks, but also having the Federal support available to…

Expanding reliable and resilient broadband access in rural areas has long been a priority of mine, here in the Senate.

Reliable and resilient networks across all parts of the United States have never been more critical.

Additional funding should also be targeted to unserved areas and not used to overbuild existing networks.

I thank Chairman Ben Ray Lujan and Ranking Member John Thune, as well as the other esteemed members of the subcommittee.

Connectivity delayed is connectivity denied.

I recently introduced an amendment to call on the WTO to reform its special and differential treatment rules so that globally competitive countries like China, with the world's second largest economy, can no longer self-designate as a…

Having new, accurate maps is critically important to ensure that this funding goes to truly unserved areas.

Do not tether rural residents to the Internet through a wire to the home or to the farmhouse.

This committee has an opportunity before it, to support the deployment of reliable and resilient networks and it is imperative that we get it right.

We write to thank you for your support of patients and providers in the mental health community by introducing the Telemental Health Care Access Act.

at the end of May, Facebook announced that it would no longer censor claims that the coronavirus was man-made. The mainstream media, which had savaged the story during the previous administration, suddenly started backpedaling, and the…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 63, nays 33, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 240 Ex.] YEAS--63 Baldwin…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Schatz). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 88, nays 9, as…

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the highest, as I think you know, in 13 years.

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