"If coffee drinkers assume there will be a Wi-Fi at Starbucks, then students should assume the same when they walk into a school."
"What are we giving to these kids? You know? And that's our obligation."
"I think the modernization of E-Rate is important for the children, it's important for the country, and it's important for our competitiveness."
"We need greater speed, better Wi-Fi, a more streamlined process for applications."
"The E-Rate is a big part of that. And, in fact, the--access to the Internet in schools is the first educational technology to have ever been deployed at the same rate for affluent children as it was f..."
"I'm the author of the National Broadband Plan."
"I'm not allowing a graciousness gap to open up, here."
"We have to make sure that we're focused on, not just the connectivity of the school, but also the value it's bringing to the student."
"I think it's time for us to establish a plan so that we maintain our excellence."
"When America has a plan, America wins."
"It is an honor to be on the Commerce Committee with you and to know that you played, along with Senator Snowe, the key role, over here in the Senate, in making sure that the E-Rate is available to chi..."