Annie Kuster: “We have talked for many years, and I have been a proud Member of Mr. Clyburn's Rural Broadband Task Force.”

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

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

Addressing affordability is a crucial step toward closing the digital divide for rural households.

I am opposed to amendment No. 40. I am speaking in opposition to all of the amendments that have been added. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized.