Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1752) to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide for a high-speed broadband deployment initiative, as amended. =========================== NOTE =========================== On March 11, 2024, page H1074, in the first column, the following appeared: Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide for a high-speed broadband deployment initiative. The online version has been corrected to read: Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide for a high-speed broadband deployment initiative, as amended. ========================= END NOTE ========================= The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 1752 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility Act'' or the ``E-BRIDGE Act''. SEC. 2. HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT INITIATIVE. (a) In General.--Title II of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3141 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 219. HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT INITIATIVE.…”