Annie Kuster: “the respite is critical, because without that, it is very difficult to keep going, but with that, I think you can keep…”

A national strategy will maximize the impact of those broadband programs by directing Federal funding to communities that are unserved or underserved and need it most.

The ACP is already serving as a lifeline to the more than 18 million households that currently rely on this program to remain connected.

Through the bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Congress invested an historic $65 billion to build out our country's broadband infrastructure.

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