One Country Project Defends Heitkamp Criticism of Sohn
One Country Project defended founder and former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., from criticisms Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., leveled at Heitkamp for opposing FCC nominee Gigi Sohn (see 2205050050). Sohn “made several public comments that call into question…
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her commitment to rural communities, such as her testimony” during a 2020 House Communications Subcommittee hearing that “policymakers have focused disproportionately on broadband deployment in rural areas of” the U.S. (see 2001290052), One Country said Thursday in a statement. As Heitkamp “has stated, ‘Given the significant progress that has been made in closing the rural digital divide in recent years, and all the important work that remains to fully close the gap, Gigi Sohn’s deeply cynical view of rural broadband is far less than what rural Americans need or deserve,’” One Country said. Heitkamp first criticized Sohn in March just before Senate Commerce tied 14-14 on advancing the nominee to the floor (see 2203030070).