Olympia Snowe: “There's no doubt Mr. Bryson has a very extensive background in the corporate arena, as CEO of Edison International.”

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 need to create E-Rate 2.0.

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

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