[Air-L] VIDEO – House Energy & Commerce – Fixing Biden’s Broadband Blunder

[Joly MacFie]

I made the effort to edit/transcribe this session.

What I learnt was that, while the Republicans are griefing over
over-regulation and local red tape holding things up, the Democrats are
griefing over the Republicans holding things up while they review same.

Everybody agrees that, if SCOTUS kills USF, Congress has to move quickly to
reinstate it.


On March 5 2025, the United States House of Representatives Committee on
Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a
hearing titled 'Fixing Biden’s Broadband Blunder' to discuss the state of
the Broadband Equity Access and …

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*March 5 2025*, the *United States House of Representatives Committee on
Energy and Commerce
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*Subcommittee
on Communications and Technology* held a hearing titled '*Fixing Biden’s
Broadband Blunder
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to discuss the state of the *Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program
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(BEAD) which provides $42.45 billion to expand high-speed Internet access
in the country, under the new administration. This video has been lightly
edited for clarity.

*PANEL*
*Grant Spellmeyer*, President and CEO, ACA Connects
*Tim Donovan*, President and CEO, Competitive Carriers Association
*Greg Hale*, CEO, LTC Connect
*Sarah Morris*, Former Deputy Administrator, National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (Acting)

*CHAIR*
*Rep. Richard Hudson* (R-NC)

*YOUTUBE
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| TRANSCRIPT
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| SUMMARY
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| ARCHIVE
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