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[applause] [cheering] members of the joint convention, the governor of the great state of michigan. [applause] [cheering] thank you. Good evening, michigan. The home of the best football in the country. Am i right . The National Championship wolverines to the detroit lions. I am excited to be here tonight between two leaders that have gotten a lot done over the past year. My best friend and my good friend the Senate Majority leader. [applause] i want to acknowledge the minority leaders matt hall...

Republic thrive. Get informed straight from the source on cspan, unfiltered, unbiased word for word from the nations capitol to wherever you are. Because the opinion that matters the most is your own, this is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Now we head to the midwest for remarks by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer who is in the middle of the second term. In the state of state address talks about Economic Development, reproductive rights before joint session of the legislatu...

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] well, good morning pete the subcommittee will come to order the chair recognizes himself an Opening Statement. Good morning welcome back before the subcommittee. Assistant secretary davidson the National Telecommunication Information Administration has been very busy since the last time you appeared for us and may. In a june nci or allocated the money for the broadbent equity access to the states. This amounts to 42. 5 billion dollars. Since th...

While we were on the august recess, it was projected that theyd reach trillion, doubling the estimate of we simply cannot continue down this path of spending large sums of money without regard to the fiscal future of our nation. This bill takes the same approach American Families take every day. They simply have to do more with less under the biden economy. American families decide every single day where to cut back spending to pay for whats most important for them. For them, those decisions are...

Dedicated staff here at George Washington university, to our media partners, cbs news and sirius xm, at our incredible production team. Thanks for helping the Bipartisan Policy Center sponsor this wonderful debate. Its the fourth in in a seriy the senate project. Tonight promises to be an interesting and informative discussion on some of the most Critical Issues facing our country and our world. We are honored that senator chris coons and senator marco rubio agree to participate in this importan...

Americans are still without a reliable broadband connection. Closing this divide is a bipartisan priority and significant federal resources have been dedicated to this effort. Unfortunately, a problem that requires an efficient response is overwhelming and scattered federal funding response as Ronald Reagan said, the government is not the solution to the problem but is the problem. In may of 2022, the Government Accountability office found there were over 130 broadband programs across 15 federal...

Statement. Thank you for the witnesses for being here today. Americans rely on Internet Connectivity for work, education, healthcare. Despite americans are still without a reliable broadband connection. Closing this divide is a resour have been dedicated , a problem requires an efficient response is overwhelming and said, the government is not the solution to the problem but is the problem. In may of 2022, the Government Accountability office found there were over 130 federal Government Agencies...

Statement. Thank you for the witnesses for being here today. Americans rely on Internet Connectivity for work, education, healthcare. Despite americans are still without a reliable broadband connection. Closing this divide is a resour have been dedicated , a problem requires an efficient response is overwhelming and said, the government is not the solution to the problem but is the problem. In may of 2022, the Government Accountability office found there were over 130 federal Government Agencies...

The chair recognizes five minutes for an opening statement. Thank you for the witnesses for being here today. Americans rely on Internet Connectivity for work, education, healthcare. Despite years of effort and billions of dollars, Many Americans are still without a reliable broadband connection. Closing this divide is a bipartisan priority and significant federal resources have been dedicated to this effort. Unfortunately, a problem that requires an efficient response is overwhelming and scatte...

Americans by more than 61 would eventually trickle down. Thats what they trickle down. Thats what they thought. Even on the eve of the Great Recession after income tax after tax income to the richest 1 had soared while middleclass wages continue to stagnate, we are still waiting for the bush tax cuts to trickle down and to pay for themselves and they likely never will. These republican proposals make matters even worse by financing tax giveaways to big businesses and the rich on the backs of peo...