Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague from Alaska and really appreciate her remarks. Affordable Connectivity Program Mr. President, one of the rays of hope we have in this Congress is the bipartisan accomplishment of the past several years to build out broadband high-speed internet across the country, from Vermont to Alaska and everywhere in between. And that was because this Congress, on a bipartisan basis, made a decision--a decision that is similar to what was made by this Congress in the 1930s, when electricity was becoming widely available. We decided that it was absolutely essential for the well-being of our country and all of the citizens in urban and rural America that they have access to high-speed internet. And we built out that broadband network that made it within reach. We also committed ourselves to a program called the Affordable Connectivity Program, which is really modest but incredibly important. And what it understands is that you may be a person with really low income in Pennsylvania or in Vermont or in Alaska, where the internet that has been constructed is right out in front of your mobile home or your home, wherever it is you live, but you can't afford to connect. So having the internet cable go by but you can't connect your home means you don't have internet. And the Affordable Connectivity Program--a bipartisan program--is used by 23 million households, by 4 million veterans.…”