House Commerce Committee members formed a bipartisan working...
House Commerce Committee members formed a bipartisan working group to consider rural telecom issues like call completion, spectrum, broadband access and broadband speed, said a news release Tuesday. The 18-member group will be led by Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and…
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Bob Latta, R-Ohio. The group will “serve as a forum to educate committee Members on rural issues to ensure that rural priorities are understood and addressed in the important work of this Committee,” Latta and Welch said in a joint statement. Other members are: John Barrow, D-Ga.; Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.; Bruce Braley, D-Iowa; Lee Terry, R-Neb.; G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C.; Morgan Griffith, R-Va.; Lois Capps, D-Calif.; Billy Long, R-Mo.; Ben Lujan, D-N.M.; Cory Gardner, R-Colo.; Doris Matsui, D-Calif.; Renee Ellmers, R-N.C.; Jerry McNerney, D-Calif.; Brett Guthrie, R-Ky.; Paul Tonko, D-N.Y.; and Bill Cassidy, R-La. NTCA commended the working group’s focus on broadband deployment, rural call completion and spectrum allocation, in a news release. “These and other issues weigh heavily on the minds of rural consumers, and we appreciate the committee members’ willingness to devote more of their attention to seeking smart policy solutions,” said NTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield.