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Ted Cruz: “Congress authorized $42 billion to provide connections to…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Ted Cruz Discusses Reconciliation Bill, AI Legislation, and Federal Intervention in Los Angeles

Published | Video Starts at 04:12

And my view is that technology decisions throughout the government ought to be based on the merits. You look at, for example, the bead program, which, which Congress authorized $42 billion to provide connections to high quality broadband. And the entire Biden administration, they didn't connect even a single home in America. It was an absolute boondoggle and failure. The president, President Trump's administration is rightly focused on using that money to actually have connectivity. (04:12–04:24)

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Asserts that the Biden administration failed to connect any homes with the $42 billion broadband program.

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