Peter Welch actually said...

I applaud the Appropriations Act providing $365 million for Round 5 of ReConnect, but it undermines two key characteristics of the ReConnect...

We need a rural broadband that will do three things.

Now is the time to focus on fiber and get fiber everywhere, as soon as possible, as it will be the most efficient use of the Federal funding...

I support the ReConnecting Rural America Act, with the modifications that I noted in my testimony.