Tony Cárdenas: “It is just so wonderful to see you. You are one of the kindest individuals to ever serve in this House.”

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.

There's a difference between funding sent to a department so that they can get their work done versus funding in order for programs to give grants out to communities.

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.

The genesis of this effort is the Clean Community for Kids Act, which I proudly championed.