Olympia Snowe: “My biggest concern is that we have not created an environment of confidence, as represented in this budget here today.”

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

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.

The E-Rate program has fundamentally transformed education in this country.