Olympia Snowe: “We certainly want to be involved in every way possible to ensure that we proceed in a timely fashion.”

Thank you. I will be a fast talker. And I want to thank all of you for your very impressive testimony.

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.

I just encourage all of us to think about children, about the problems they face, and about our responsibility to help them navigate their way through those waters.