Olympia Snowe: “Well, I think with all exceptions on this contracting, go to 2007, the only area where we have achieved it was small…”

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.

Due in no small part to the leadership of Senators Rockefeller and Snowe, the E-Rate program from its inception focused on providing high-capacity transmission services to libraries and schools.

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.