06/06/2023
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"The goal of connecting all Americans with broadband is commendable and is rightly a bipartisan priority."
"We have to understand the critical nature that our nation is in with our situation, where our rural communities are not connected to the internet."
"If we do not move ahead right now and put together this plan, bring the money in--we brought the experts in to tell us what to do, and what it is going to cost."
"And my own personal goal is I believe we can do this by the end of this year."