Marsha Blackburn actually said...

"We know that without Federal involvement, rural areas will continue to be left behind."

"But with the level of consensus we have on our vision of NTIA's leadership on rural broadband, that would be a real shame."

"That's why we have targeted our discussion draft so squarely at giving NTIA both the authority and resources to get to work."

"Make no mistake, the bill before us today is a rural broadband bill, and a very important one at that."