I recently led the majority of my Republican colleagues on this committee requesting NTIA remove these unnecessary requirements from the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program or the BEAD Program.
Thune criticizes NTIA's additional requirements for broadband funding.
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It’s a great message. I like the message. But it shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars.
I just think, if you’re looking at issues that we want to get at the heart of what everybody seems to be saying, the Democrats and others are saying, are important, we're concerned about.
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