Chris Jacobs: “We have to make sure that no taxpayer dollars are used in ways that are not appropriate under the law.”

I agree with what has been said in terms of this time during COVID, highlighting our dependence on rural broadband or internet and that it is no longer an amenity but a necessity.

I think that is a great opportunity for us to seize, and rural broadband is key to that.

I would also say that a former colleague mentioned the opportunity I see here in terms of a rural renaissance and a small-town America renaissance through investment in high-speed internet.

I think this is you know, this is really tipping the hand to the traditional school districts to the special interests kind of involved with the traditional school districts at the expense of trying to provide children and families who are…