Antonio Delgado: “Supporting our family farmers starts with pushing back against group think supporting economies-of-scale rather than…”

The COVID-19 pandemic has made even more clear that having reliable internet connection is a necessity.

Our goal cannot just be to keep rural communities alive. We need to do the work to ensure that those communities are thriving and can succeed in a 21st century economy.

Today's hearing will examine a topic many of us know intimately--the critical need and importance of investment in rural America.

In September, I was named to the National Defense Authorization Act conference committee, which is tasked with reconciling differences between the House and Senate-passed defense authorization bills. In this role, I believe I would have…