Affordable Connectivity Program is Part of Harris' Opportunity Agenda

Vice President Kamala Harris (D-CA) says she will build an Opportunity Economy where everyone has the opportunity to not just get by, but to get ahead. Renewing the Federal Communications Commission's Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is part of that agenda. Earlier this year, Congress failed to allocate funding for ACP and made monthly broadband bills more expensive for 23 million households enrolled in the program. In a recent release from the Harris campaign, Vice President Harris said she will ensure that Black men can build wealth and achieve economic success by providing Black men and their families with reliable, low-cost internet access, by reenacting the Affordable Connectivity Program. ACP connected an estimated 5.5 million Black households to affordable high-speed internet, closing the digital divide for millions of Black families. "Vice President Harris will reenact this popular program, which ended June of this year, to ensure that Black men and their families throughout the country are able to connect to the internet and obtain the financial, educational, and employment opportunities that come from reliable internet access." In a separate release, Harris highlighted her plan to lower costs for Latino men and promised to provide 5.5 million Latino households support for reliable, low-cost internet access, by reenacting the Affordable Connectivity Program. "Vice President Harris will reenact this popular program to ensure that Latino men and their families throughout the country are able to connect to the internet and obtain the financial, educational, and employment opportunities that come from reliable internet access."