Sean Reyes: “I am gladly standing this morning in support of the E-rate. I believe this country's most valuable resource to be our…”

“I am gladly standing this morning in support of the E-rate. I believe this country's most valuable resource to be our children, and education is key to their development. In a world where computers are defining their very lives, our educational institutions must include technology. The genius of American education is that whether rich or poor, our children are given the opportunity to gain that knowledge. Today, the Internet is a tremendous tool to acquire that knowledge. It brings people and ideas thousands of miles apart to a child's desktop. We cannot afford to have this technology available only in financially strong schools. Through the E-rate, those schools and libraries with limited resources are given the necessary discounts to link up with everybody else. The attacks on the E-rate are an assault on our children's future. Our society must not be divided by those who are computer literate and those who are not. Mr. Speaker, if we do not support E-rate, we doom and handicap our children. Americans understand and want access to technology in their children's schools, and we must all support the E-rate.”