Jay Rockefeller: “Without broadband, we won't have an economy.”

I ask unanimous consent to give my remarks while seated at my desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Just as a follow-up to the question of funding which was addressed, CBO actually has come out with an estimate on what all of this would cost. It is not $20 billion; it is in the area of zero up to $10 billion over that period of 4 years.

If we keep the Senate, if we do not keep the Senate, that will have its affect.

You could see it, but you could not do anything about it.