Peter Welch actually said...

"And what is important for it is that it is an indication that this committee is sincerely committed to making certain that the tools of the modern economy, let alone the telephone, are available to fo..."

"Just think about it, that that short window of time, it depends on the phone system working, and it doesn't work right now."

"I hope that means that we will be able to focus on some of the other efforts that require some bipartisan cooperation like the homework gap in like the deployment of 5G."

"And can you comment on what steps can be taken in order to treat rural America as the first-class citizen?"