House Republicans are risking internet access for tens of millions of Americans by refusing to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program.
According to a White House fact sheet:
High-speed internet is necessary for Americans to go to school, do their jobs, access health care and stay connected. But too many Americans can’t afford the cost of a monthly connection if they have access to one at all. To change that, President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill launched the Affordable Connectivity Program, the largest internet affordability program in our nation’s history.
Today, the Affordable Connectivity Program helps more than 23 million households nationwide save $30-$75 on their monthly internet bills.
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Republicans make the false claim that programs like the ACS benefit liberals or people in cities, when it is red states and rural America that benefit most. In Alaska, for example, 1 in 11 internet customers in the state saves money on internet access through the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). In Texas, 1.7 million households save money on high-speed internet.
In Alabama, 413,000 households save money on high-speed internet. In Mississippi, 244,000 households save money on high-speed internet through the ACS.
The Republican refusal to act will hurt veterans, students, seniors, and Black and Latino communities. In a call with reporters, the Biden administration highlighted the harm that would be done to vulnerable people if they lost access to the ability to save money on high-speed internet.
From kids’ ability to do schoolwork online to the ability to work online, high-speed internet is critical, and the ACS program, along with the broadband expansion in the bipartisan infrastructure bill, is another way the president has tried to to level the playing field. field and create opportunities.
Republicans in Congress want to kill the program and show that they have no interest in using their power to help the American people.
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