David Loebsack: “I sincerely hope that partisan differences can be put aside and that these priorities will be reflected in the 2013…”

In many rural areas, the business case to build out broadband is very difficult, if not impossible.

It doesn't serve any of us. It certainly doesn't serve any of us in the end, because those folks are the ones who are serving us, and if they are suppressed--if their voices cannot be heard--that stifles competition. It goes back to the…

We have gotten bipartisan support to do something about the USF and to reform it so that we really can bring that service to folks in theses rural areas.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I appreciate that very much. My amendment will ensure level funding for distributed wind technologies and research within the Department of Energy's wind energy program. Distributed wind is the use of…