Olympia Snowe: “This bill now has 25 cosponsors, equally divided between Democrats and Republicans.”

I do want to acknowledge the bipartisan effort and support for the E-Rate Program by Chairman Rockefeller and Maine's original E-Rate champion, Olympia Snowe.

Due in no small part to the leadership of Senators Rockefeller and Snowe, the E-Rate program from its inception focused on providing high-capacity transmission services to libraries and schools.

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

We would not have connectivity and all that it brings to our schools and libraries if it were not for E-Rate.