Commissioner Carr and Rep Joyce on Day 995
Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr joined Rep John Joyce (R-PA) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, for a roundtable discussion on the Biden-Harris Administration’s $42 billion plan for extending Internet service throughout rural America. Commissioner Carr and Rep Joyce heard directly from a range of stakeholders that want to see new Internet builds in their communities—from healthcare, education, economic, local government, and other leaders to the broadband builders that are ready to get the job done. Commissioner Carr said:
"It has now been 995 days since [the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act] was signed into law and not one person has been connected to the Internet with those dollars. Indeed, not even one shovel worth of dirt has been turned.... And the trend line is not good. The initial plan that the Biden-Harris Administration approved for Pennsylvania includes a prioritization system that weighs equitable workforce considerations ten times more heavily than speed of deployment. There is still time to correct course, and today’s roundtable highlighted several ways that we could do just that."
Commissioner Carr and Rep Joyce on Day 995