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1. Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Access to Rural Broadband - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune...
   January 30, 2023

   Thune Luján Klobuchar Fischer Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Access to Rural Broadband Senators bipartisan legislation would help bridge the digital divide January 30 2023 WASHINGTON...D N M ranking member and chairman respectively of the Subcommittee on Communications Media and Broadband and Amy Klobuchar D Minn and Deb Fischer R Neb today reintroduced the Rural Internet Improvement...bipartisan legislation would streamline and bolster U S Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development broadband programs and ensure that their funding is being targeted to rural areas that need it the most Thune...

2. NTIA Remove Liberal Wish-List Items From Its Broadband Funding - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune...
   April 20, 2023

   Colleagues in Demanding NTIA Remove Liberal Wish List Items From Its Broadband Funding In order to fulfill Congress goal of providing broadband connectivity to unserved Americans NTIA must address concerns related...WASHINGTON U S Sen John Thune R S D ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications Media and Broadband today led his colleagues in sending a letter to National Telecommunications and Information Administration...expressing concerns with the 42 45 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment BEAD program s Notice of Funding Opportunity NOFO As part of his nationwide broadband oversight effort to hold agencies accountable...

3. Thune, Luján Request GAO to Review Broadband Regulatory Structure - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John...
   April 24, 2023

   Luján Request GAO to Review Broadband Regulatory Structure Senators bipartisan letter asks GAO to conduct an additional review of federal state and local broadband efforts to determine the effectiveness...Communications Media and Broadband today sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office GAO to request that it conduct a review of the effectiveness of federal state and local broadband programs The request...that found overlapping and fragmented federal efforts to deploy broadband services A recent GAO report uncovered that federal broadband efforts are fragmented and overlapping with more than 100 programs...

4. Thune Discusses Broadband Connectivity at Commerce Committee Hearing - Press Releases - U.S. Senator...
   May 13, 2020

   Press Releases Recent Press Releases Thune Discusses Broadband Connectivity at Commerce Committee Hearing Because of the light touch approach to broadband regulation by the federal government in the United...Transportation hearing entitled The State of Broadband Amid the COVID 19 Pandemic Thune discussed the importance of a light touch approach to federal broadband regulation to help encourage the internet to...connectivity is so vital to this country Ensuring that all parts of the country have reliable access to broadband services is critical Without access to these services we wouldn t have students continuing their...

5. Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Rural Broadband - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune...
   March 31, 2023

   Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Rural Broadband It is crucial that rural communities across South Dakota have access to reliable broadband services March 31 2023 WASHINGTON U S Sen John Thune...Subcommittee on Communications Media and Broadband recently joined his colleagues in reintroducing the Reforming Broadband Connectivity Act bipartisan legislation to expand broadband access to rural communities The...Federal Communications Commission s FCC Universal Service Fund USF which promotes universal access to broadband and other telecommunications services Currently the USF is primarily funded through landline fees...

6. Thune, Wicker Request GAO Review of FCC Emergency Broadband Benefit Program - Press Releases - U.S. Senator...
   April 29, 2021

   GAO Review of FCC Emergency Broadband Benefit Program April 29 2021 Washington U S Sens John Thune R S D ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications Media and Broadband and Roger Wicker R Miss ranking...that they conduct an independent review of the Federal Communication Commission s FCC s Emergency Broadband Benefit EBB program to ensure its success The letter also requested that there be a comprehensive...not disbursing any funds to its intended recipients consumers who are struggling to pay for their broadband service during the pandemic there have already been calls for billions of dollars in additional...

7. Highlight Need to Build Strong and Resilient Broadband - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune...
   June 22, 2021

   Press Releases South Dakotan Joins Thune at Hearing to Highlight Need to Build Strong and Resilient Broadband This Committee which has jurisdiction over telecommunications policy has a real opportunity to support...ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications Media and Broadband today helped lead a subcommittee hearing on building resilient broadband networks Denny Law CEO of Golden West Telecommunications testified...testified at the hearing and discussed the challenges of deploying strong and resilient broadband in rural areas In his opening statement Thune highlighted multiple bills he has introduced including the...

8. Hears From South Dakotans on Progress of Rural Broadband Development - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John...
   October 04, 2018

   of Rural Broadband Development October 4 2018 WASHINGTON U S Sen John Thune R S D chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation today led a hearing titled Broadband Opportunities...Opportunities and Challenges in Rural America The hearing allowed the committee to assess the progress of broadband deployment in rural America and continued to explore ways in which closing the digital divide will...committee access for all to broadband services As Chairman I want to share some principles that I believe should guide the Committee with regard to building out rural broadband First rural Americans and...

9. Calling on FCC to Modernize Support for Rural Broadband Services - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John...
   May 12, 2015

   Recent Press Releases Thune Leads Bipartisan Letter Calling on FCC to Modernize Support for Rural Broadband Services May 12 2015 Washington D C U S Sen John Thune R S D chairman of the Senate Committee on...that Americans in rural areas have access to affordable broadband services Under current rules Universal Service Fund USF support for broadband in rural areas is dependent on the outdated requirement that...smaller telecommunication providers lose access to USF support for broadband deployment even if the customer continues to pay for broadband Internet service The outdated rules create a needless link between...

10. Thune, Rosen Introduce Bill to Fix Deeply Flawed Broadband Map, Ensure all States Receive Fair Share of Funding...
    March 31, 2023

    Flawed Broadband Map Ensure all States Receive Fair Share of Funding for High Speed Internet In order to ensure these new dollars are being accurately allocated NTIA must use up to date FCC broadband maps...ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications Media and Broadband and Jacky Rosen D Nev recently introduced the Accurate Map for Broadband Investment Act bipartisan legislation to ensure that the Federal...National Broadband Map before the Department of Commerce fully allocates broadband infrastructure funding This mapping plays a major role in determining state by state allocation of broadband infrastructure...