Maggie Hassan actually said...

"I think the investment that we are talking about is really critical in any number of areas."

"Now, I am still evaluating the plan, but Commissioner, do you agree that direct spending is necessary to eliminate the Digital Divide and to make broadband truly ubiquitous?"

"I want to perhaps just say that we should commit to each other to continue this discussion and really drilldown on this issue."

"If the private sector cannot, for some reason, get to everywhere it needs to get, then the issue of whether municipalities should be somehow empowered to becomes another question."