Olympia Snowe: “And obviously it's deeply troubling in terms of the direction that they're taking.”

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.

Do you think it is possible to draw a line, the cutoff on $250,000?

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.