I hope when you are in Arkansas it is not all work, work, work. I hope you have some fun while you are here too.
Mark Pryor
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Mark Pryor is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and infrastructure during his tenure. Pryor was known for his moderate stance and worked across party lines on various legislative initiatives. He was re-elected in 2008 but lost his bid for a third term in 2014, marking the end of his Senate career.
We do not want to see the tale of two Americas, where you have urban and suburban America that have the latest and greatest and best technology and they have the investment and the innovation and all those good things, and then you get…
But, you know, in talking to them, it is interesting, because one of the things they say is, look, 'We are just like the general public. We are using more spectrum.'
Thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's field hearing on the state of communications in Arkansas.
How do we make sure that these great, cutting-edge, amazing services reach everyone, not only urban areas but also rural areas?
there are a lot of people in our state that may have access to broadband--and, again, some of that is going to be the definition of 'broadband' and what is adequate, but, nonetheless, they have access, but they don't utilize it.
The country has done a good job in building a network for voice communications, and we don't want to see anything fall apart.
Let me also note that all of our panelists have done a great job today of keeping their comments to the 3 minutes.
But is it true that your cost of programming continues to go up in terms of what----





