06/22/2011
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"As more goods and services and opportunities shift from the real world to cyberspace, broadband access and deployment is one of the defining policy issues of our time."
"Currently, the U.S. ranks as the worst place in the developed world on maternal mortality, and Black women are 2.5 times more likely to die due to childbirth complications than White women."
"Our efforts in Congress will determine if the continued build-out of our wireless networks serve as the tide to lift all ships towards a more equitable and inclusive society or further entrench the in..."
"This bill would allow for a better understanding of the nexus between internet connectivity and maternal morbidity rates by integrating related maternal health outcome data into the agency's broadband..."