"I am pleased that we could work with Ms. Eshoo, who had this great idea, common sense, and we finally got it done."
"I have worked over the years with the health center there and the hospital and others on their efforts to build out fiber and get really good connectivity."
"These bipartisan bills include Mr. Tonko and Mr. Lance's ACCESS BROADBAND Act, which is an important and necessary step to coordinate funding for broadband across different agencies."
"I worked closely with the hospital and community to help get fiber built out into the county, and we recently worked together with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to raise the cap on the FCC's Rural Health Care..."
"I want to thank Ms. Word for being here today. We really appreciate your coming out. I look forward to your testimony."
"I will allow subcommittee members to discuss the legislative solutions, but I would like to highlight a couple that positively impact the people of Tennessee and Americans everywhere."
"We need to encourage states to find solutions that best suit their needs."
"All of this shows that Congress can--in fact--roll up its sleeves to get things done."
"I encouraged the FCC to take a close look at the program in order to help telehealth facilities pay for the cost of this connectivity."
"I was really pleased in June when the FCC increased the funding for the Rural Health Care Program by $171 million a year."
"RAY BAUM's Act incorporated several legislative proposals we examined at our hearing in January."