Rural Broadband
On September 28, Democrats in the House and Senate unveiled a proposal for “universal high-speed Internet,” saying that too many Americans, many in rural and inner-city communities, lack access to the high-quality Internet service they need to succeed in the twenty-first century economy. The Democratic lawmakers included Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI), Edward Markey (MA), Joe Manchin (WV), and Jon Tester (MT), and Representatives Cheri Bustos (IL), Terri Sewell (AL), Rick Nolan (MN), and Ann McLane Juster (NH). The Democrats proposed investing $40 billion in Federal money to build a broadband infrastructure that would connect communities not served by the big…
