But part of the reason that I introduced this bill and that it is important that we are talking about it today is that I am concerned that with this incredible level of funding will come a lot of applications to deploy the infrastructure--the towers, fibers, small cells that are needed to provide these connections--and that this will strain local offices tasked with reviewing the applications.
Fletcher emphasizes the need for her bill to manage infrastructure funding and application processing.
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