David Schweikert: “Forgive me. I have been trying to talk fast so as to not chew it all up. Mr. Speaker, in a couple of the pieces of…”

“Forgive me. I have been trying to talk fast so as to not chew it all up. Mr. Speaker, in a couple of the pieces of legislation that passed here, we have put aside boatloads of cash to run wire to rural America, and they deserve to have internet access. I thought this slide was amusing, but you are actually seeing it happening in Ukraine right now. These are a bunch of little kitties in a Starlink satellite dish because apparently a Starlink satellite dish stays a bit warm in the winter so it defrosts itself. See, it is cute-- kitties. But the fact of the matter is, every inch of North America now has broadband internet. It is a bunch of satellites flying over us. So, let me get this straight: In Ukraine, they are now using this, Starlink, to be able to communicate, but we can't seem to get our brothers and sisters here in the House of Representatives to understand there is a solution to broadband all over the country. They just happen to be flying in low-Earth orbit above our heads. It is here. Instead, we are going to turn around and put out billions and billions and billions and billions of dollars of subsidies to put more fiber and more wire in the ground to the middle of nowhere. Mr. Speaker, there is a huge disruption coming. We need to make sure that our regulatory and policy sets are ready for this. This is another thing that would also dramatically help this coming decade's inflation cycle.…”