Mike McIntyre: “the funding provided in the Recovery Act has the potential to set the stage for many years of broadband access in rural…”

I refuse to accept this premise and will work to provide a fleet that has sufficient funds for maintenance and modernization and is sized to support our national commitments and ideals.

Let me be clear, the term 'phased modernization'... is a misleading one.

Enactment of H.R.31 would accomplish what the Lumbee Tribe has sought for one hundred and twenty years--full federal recognition.

rural America are just as much taxpaying citizens as those in urban and suburban America and should not be left behind.