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Lawmakers want to use the farm bill to make the Agriculture Department s ReConnect loan and grant program for rural broadband permanent, but they still need to settle a debate about whether to ease the required service speeds.
The House and Senate agriculture committees are taking a fresh look at broadband programs as they work to rewrite the Farm Bill. Alarmingly, several ideas would significantly weaken the fiscal guardrails that steer rural broadband dollars to the remote, unserved communities where they’re most urgently needed. Budget hawks especially those in House and Senate […]
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The House and Senate agriculture committees are taking a fresh look at broadband programs as they work to rewrite the Farm Bill. Alarmingly, several ideas would significantly weaken the fiscal