Maggie Hassan actually said...

"I know from our office's perspective, dealing with constituents who had medical emergencies after these hurricanes hit--and the limitations of communications because of the devastation on the networks..."

"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."