"I think the time has come to treat this like the utility that it really is and address it that way."
"Part of what we are dealing with here... is that there does seem to be this ongoing different understanding of the level of connectivity for people in so many parts of our state."
"I will often have one conversation with providers and industry about the levels of connectivity and then I am out."
"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."
"I want to perhaps just say that we should commit to each other to continue this discussion and really drilldown on this issue."
"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 think the investment that we are talking about is really critical in any number of areas."
"A number of us in the Senate are very concerned that there may be a rescinding or elimination of the E-Rate program and some restrictions on the other Universal Service programs."
"We can solve this."
"I think it's a good question. The people in my state have been extraordinarily brave..."
"the Trump Administration's interest in repealing Medicaid expansion... would undermine our efforts to combat this epidemic in our states."