Olympia Snowe: “Thank you, Madam Chair, and I want to thank all of you for your testimony here today.”

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

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.

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

If we ever want to harness the wind off of our shores, it has to be through an investment tax credit.