Jessica Rosenworcel: “We need an additional $3.08 billion to fully take that equipment out securely.”

I want to emphasize how much we do need that authority back.

I think that if we choose to take this equipment out of our networks and fully fund its replacement costs, we have to go tell everyone around the world that we chose to do that.

We need an additional $3.08 billion to fully take that equipment out securely.

I have developed something called the Broadband Funding Map using $10 million in direct appropriations set aside in the IIJA.