Olympia Snowe: “I hope we can create a national program with a national approach that will reassure the industries that are directly…”

By the end of this decade, I believe that every school in America should have 1 gigabit of connectivity.

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

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

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