… Americans, including one in seven households in my district, to access broadband Internet and with it expand educational and economic opportunities more easily access telehealth and connect with loved ones. With 22.5 million Americans, depending on this program, you would think that Congress would be acting to protect the funding for the ACP. But you would be wrong. Because extremists in the GOP leadership have refused to bring a bill forward to extend the funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which runs out at the end of April. (00:00–01:19)
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Asserts that 22.5 million Americans depend on the Affordable Connectivity Program.
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