Tom O'Halleran: “The recent disruptions in capital markets have disproportionately harmed small and rural producers.”

Connectivity ensures access to essential services, making it easier for patients to receive the care they need, students to participate in online learning, and small businesses to compete in the increasingly digital and global marketplace.

Congress and government in the whole have to start to understand that these dynamic markets that we are seeing now are not going to go away anytime soon.

We must provide farmers and ranchers the tools they need to continue to do good work and be good stewards of the land.

I am glad we share the same goal of 100 percent connectivity that all Americans, no matter their ZIP Code, deserve high-quality and reliable broadband.