First and foremost, I think the purpose of the law, including the most recent funding that Congress provided in the ReConnect program, is for 90 percent unserved, in other words, those areas that do not have service.
Thune emphasizes the law's focus on serving unserved areas with broadband.
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We can’t make commitments or promises on the Covid subsidies because that’s not something that we can guarantee that there are the votes there to do.
We’ll probably set up some votes later in the week, but we’ll observe the Jewish holiday.
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