Tony Cárdenas: “Some of the folks in this whole process have a voice, and some of the participants in this process have no voice.”

The suggestion that this program should be narrowed to only those who would not otherwise have broadband seems to me to ignore the reality of family budgets.

Which they have the option to do.

The fact remains that for far too many American households, in both Democratic and Republican districts, the monthly cost of an internet connection is not affordable enough to them.

We could fall back, and falling back is not good for security. It is not good for the American people. It is not good for the economy.