But so now in 2021, cost remains the biggest deterrent to broadband access, along with dark spots in connectivity and the threat of typhoons disrupting the undersea cables.
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Highlighting ongoing challenges to broadband access in the Northern Mariana Islands.
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I agree with you, sir. Yet, I don't think it strengthens America's position in the region if our population there is shrinking.
There is no easy way that our nation will be able to maintain our influence in what is becoming an increasingly strategic, important, and contested area of the world without continuing our partnership with the COFA nations.
I am asking that the committee consider including my district, the Northern Mariana Islands, among the locations eligible to participate in the Department of Transportation's Essential Air Service, or EAS, program.
I respectfully ask that the Northern Marianas be included in the exemptions to EAS requirements, along with Alaska and Hawaii.





