Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick

Statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on the BEAD Program

In 2021, Congress created the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program to expand Americans’ access to high-speed internet. But, years later, because of the prior Administration’s woke mandates, favoritism towards certain technologies, and burdensome regulations, the program has not connected a single person to the internet and is in dire need of a readjustment.