Annie Kuster: “the Republican-forced shutdown has cost my small business constituents nearly $800,000 in SBA approved 7(a) loans and…”

the $19.5 billion of conservation funding secured in the Inflation Reduction Act must be protected and spent on furthering our conservation goals.

I was an original cosponsor of the USA Telecommunications Act and worked to include it in the CHIPS and Science Act last year.

The Affordable Connectivity Program, or ACP, is established by the bipartisan Infrastructure Law to provide assistance to eligible households to help them afford internet services.

This bipartisan bill would provide mandatory funding to purchase development rights via conservation easements from private and Tribal landowners.