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Witnesses: pause in BEAD rollout and cuts to digital equity funding threaten broadband and AI access goals
3657866 · June 4, 2025
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Summary
Members and witnesses said delays in BEAD program implementation and the administration's halt of Digital Equity grants slow broadband deployment and training needed for equitable AI access.
Lawmakers and witnesses at the Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing criticized delays and administrative pauses in federal broadband programs they said are critical to enabling equitable AI access.
Ranking Member Doris Matsui and other Democrats said the administration’s actions have stalled implementation of BEAD (the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program) and the…
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