"If you make $30,000 a year and you don't have to pay one cent in taxes, you probably still don't have any money at the end of the month."
"30 percent of Latinos do not have access to broadband of any kind and when you talk about the non-English-speaking groups, that number even goes higher."
"60 percent of Americans who do not have access to any broadband."
"The Lifeline program in times of hurricane is what gives people a way out to actually get access to FEMA."
"Seven out of 10 children do their homework--need broadband access to do their homework."
"People in my home state they don't care about Democratic or Republican. They don't care about Title II or net neutrality."
"Lifeline is not enough. But right now, it is the only program that is connecting people to telecom services."
"By taking the competition out by the current chair--removing the competition and making it harder for these new providers to--or resellers to provide Lifeline--what that has done to the entire program..."
"They tossed out of the Lifeline program nine providers who are either already providing or willing to provide a broadband-only service."
"I think it is very important that we expand our broadband."
"I think that we need to address now before we start any large expansive movement of that is when those contracting opportunities take place to help build out that broadband, that black-owned, woman-ow..."
"I think it is very timely."