G. K. Butterfield: “I introduced the Expanding Opportunities for Broadband Deployment Act, a bill that would retire this unnecessary…”

May I inquire about how much time each side has remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Clark of Massachusetts). The gentleman from North Carolina has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Illinois has 2\1/4\ minutes remaining.

Where we diverge is how to preserve the program for those in actual need without regulatory loopholes and fuzzy interpretations of the law, both of which exploit the very intent of the program.

Let me say thank you to our colleague, and fellow Member of the Committee on House Administration, my friend Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon of the Fifth District.

I listened very carefully to the gentleman from Arkansas, and I respect his position, but I just want to remind my colleagues that in my State and most States these organizations that are not nonprofits who care about the environment and…