Olympia Snowe: “I am glad the omnibus legislation removed the rule of women's contracting goals of the SBA because it was not right.”

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.

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.

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

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