Senate Appropriations Head Wants Tribal Broadband, FCC Support Funded

摘要

A dismal budget climate shouldn’t preclude support for broadband in tribal lands, Sen. Daniel nInouye, D-Hawaii, said at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing. Inouye, the nAppropriations Committee chairman, signaled that he would support increased FCC funding nfor that purpose. Advocates for Native American communities sought additional broadband nfunding, including through the Universal Service Fund and a new Native Nations Broadband nFund.