WATCH: @EnergyCommerce hearing on how to get every household in America connected to #broadband. The right topic 4 the 1st E&C hearing in 2021. https://energycommerce.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-on-connecting-america-broadband-solutions-to-pandemic-problems

Does anyone really believe that completely deregulating the broadband industry has helped to close the #digital divide? The past 4 years hasn't been "light touch" regulation. It's been "no touch."

Striking numbers from @mattfwood of @freepress about how the #digitaldivide disproportionately impacts people of color. 13 million black people, 18 million Latinx people & 13 million indigenous people lack essential #broadband services. Read more here: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF16/20210217/111199/HHRG-117-IF16-Wstate-WoodM-20210217-U2.pdf

. @CWAUnion calls for broadening contributions to the Universal Service Fund, saying (correctly), that the current contribution regime is "unsustainable." @EnergyCommerce

Looking fwd 2 the re-intro of @WhipClyburn's Accessible, Affordable Internet 4 All Act, which provides a permanent monthly #broadband benefit & $80B 4 infrastructure in unserved & underserved communities, among many other things. This time it will get consideration in the Senate.

The #COVID19 pandemic has put a spotlight on #broadband data caps & has resulted in a much more public & policymaker skepticism as to why they are necessary & whether they do anything other than 2 create artificial scarcity & higher prices.