Olympia Snowe: “I appreciate, Mr. Chairman, your leadership, and for convening this hearing to discuss the future of our nation's most…”

The E-Rate program has fundamentally transformed education in this country.

By the end of this decade, I believe that every school in America should have 1 gigabit of connectivity.

In closing, libraries are vital community technology hubs, and we simply cannot allow inadequate bandwidth to be the limiting factor for what our students and our nations can achieve.

What is needed is honest, fact-based discussion and a genuine bipartisan commitment to solutions.