On the recordMay 25, 2000
Over 100 million Americans today have access to the Internet. Seven million new Americans each second access the Internet for the first time. It is a tremendous opportunity, particularly for school children, to use the Internet for their school work and homework; but unfortunately, some are left behind. If you look at who has access to the Internet, you see the higher the income of the household, the more likely they have Internet access at home. Low-income families say the cost of Internet access is the chief barrier to their children having the opportunity to use the Internet and have a computer at home. Mr. Speaker, I am so proud of the leadership that this House has shown this year in removing those barriers to Internet access. We are making a choice: do we want the information superhighway to be a toll way or a freeway? Just this spring, in less than 1 month, we have eliminated three toll booths on the information superhighway.
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