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.

Seven out of 10 children do their homework--need broadband access to do their homework.

The Lifeline program in times of hurricane is what gives people a way out to actually get access to FEMA.

I think he said Democrat Party, which is a kind Republican operative type word, and it is the Democratic Party.

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-owned, minority-owned firms are a part of…

I think it is very important that we expand our broadband.

I think urban America has to start to understand what rural America is about, and it is about water, where the electricity comes from, natural resources.

This decision today has real implications for real people and real families, and I want to make sure we know that it just isn't theoretical.

I think it is very timely.

I hope this hearing is the first of many actions we as a committee take, and a key priority of mine, supporting economic opportunity across rural America and Indian country.

Whatever the future holds, and for the energy realities of today, we must act now to make sure workers in rural America and across Indian country have every tool to compete and thrive in the new economy.