Annie Kuster: “we do have, in the rural communities, particularly bioenergy is a very big piece for us.”

The BEAD Program will invest 42 billion in our Nation's broadband infrastructure to finally connect the hardest-to-reach communities.

I am deeply concerned that work requirements--I know someone mentioned it before--in Medicaid will undo our progress.

I urge this committee to prioritize the safety and well-being of our communities, including the investments that we have put in improving public transit.

I am opposed to the amendment that has been offered, but I want to get back to the crux of the matter of the Christmas tree of cultural war issues that has been added to this bill to the detriment of our servicemembers. My own father…