Leonard Lance: “This is a bittersweet hearing for me. New Jersey lost more than 700 residents.”

It is important to recognize that Federal funds for broadband deployment are finite and must be focused on the areas of the country that need them the most.

I certainly believe that the bipartisan, bicameral AIRWAVES Act that I recently introduced with Ranking Member Doyle is a fitting candidate.

I have introduced the AIRWAVES Act with Ranking Member Doyle which, among other things, would help spur rural broadband deployment by dedicating 10 percent of spectrum auction proceeds under the bill to rural broadband.

I commend the Commission and the members of the subcommittee for the good, bipartisan work that has occurred over the past year and a half.