Jim Matheson: “My amendment affects departments other than Defense and Homeland Security. It's only for nonessential employees in other…”

Let me just close by saying rural electric cooperatives are deeply committing to bridging the digital divide and connecting rural homes and businesses with reliable and sustainable high-speed broadband service.

I do think it is important, your statement that we should continue with fossil fuel research.

If you are in an area where 50 percent have access to broadband and 50 percent don't, you say, well, too bad for that 50 who don't.

If the United States leads in that opportunity and develops that technology here, I think that that may have the impact globally over time.