Annie Kuster: “Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate the opportunity, and I appreciate this Committee. It is great to be back on the…”

I am the cochair of the bipartisan Rural Broadband Caucus, and I share your mission to bring internet access to every community.

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

Medicaid expansion has been an unqualified success. It has extended health insurance to millions of low-income people.

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