Remarks of Alan Davidson: Affordable Connectivity Program Week of Action Event

Today kicks off the Biden-Harris Administration’s Affordable Connectivity Program Week of Action. We have more than 300 organizations from across the country committed to raising awareness about ACP. The Internet is now the essential tool for communications in our modern world. It is essential for access to work. Access to education. Access to healthcare. Access to justice. And yet, here in America, millions of people across the country lack access to an affordable high-speed Internet connection or lack the means and the skills to use it. And the ACP is at the heart of the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to make the dream of Internet for All a reality...But, our goal of closing the digital divide is at risk because ACP is at risk of running out of money. We cannot allow this program, which has widespread support, to fail. And now there is a new task in front of all of us: ensuring that ACP is on firm financial footing going forward.