A half hours. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] this hearing will come to water. Welcome, welcome. Today the committee convenes to broadband during the covid19 pandemic. I extend my appreciation for my colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executive officer of the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmelman, Senior Advisor on public knowledge, who will be appearing, testifying remotely. Jonathan spalter, of u. S. T and ceo broad,. Covid19 crisis has changed life dramatically for almost every american. As the administration and the centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent spread of the virus, norm
To terrorism and dismissed the trump administrations announcement jesse as you know cuba was removed from the u. S. Terrorism list in 2015 under president obama the historic decision aims to restore diplomatic ties but Trump State Department says cuba could soon be returned to the blacklist by the end of this year you know thats really silly what you have here because you did my opinion this is another classic example of donald trump destroying anything president barack obama did anything obama did in his 8 years trump wants to eliminate it trump wants it gone trump wants no record that we have a black president thats its ultimate goal i think and you know im used to this ive seen it before brigida i saw in minnesota because when i left office the fire. Youre saying the democrats and republicans did together was remove and change a lot of the good things that i did in the state like. Dollars for your license tabs or thats gone long gone so see theyre very vindictive these people that l
The use of broadband. One estimate shows average Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. Good news is that theres been some progress in connecting all americans. The fcc has recently released broadband deployment report shows us the number of households without Broadband Service continues to decline. Yet despite these advances, there is still significant work that needs to be done to get every american connected. The Current Public Health crisis has made these efforts all the more urgent. I appreciate the initiatives led by the fcc to sustain and accelerate the availability of broadband connections. This includes the keep americans connected pledge, where providers have committed not to terminate Broadband Services to any residential or Small Business customers because of an inability to pay their bills, among other commitments. Along with temporary mod ifbss to existing universal fund usf programs to support the surge in demand for an internet service. These commitments
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