Two House lawmakers are pushing the Federal Communications Commission to speed up broadband infrastructure funding to rural parts of the U.S., in a bid to close gaps in high-speed Internet service exposed by the coronavirus pandemic. A bill introduced by House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D., S.C.) and Fred Upton (R., Mich.), former chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, would tap $16 billion in funding the FCC is planning to start doling out this fall.
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