Heather Franklin

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has signed on to a bill that would extend funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program, but more support is needed.

Nearly 23-million households will lose access to high-speed internet unless Congress invests more money in the Affordable Connectivity Program.

A program designed to connect low-income households to high-speed internet will run out of money if Congress fails to act.

Cruz and his cronies were up to their old shenanigans during a Senate hearing on the nomination of Anna Gomez to fill the fifth and final seat at the agency.

Without an injection of new funding to the ACP, the program that has helped more than 23 million households get and stay online will expire in May.

If Congress doesn’t act, in a matter of days the internet bills for one out of every six homes in the country will go up.

This essential broadband subsidy will end in weeks without renewed resources, leaving tens of millions of households paying more to access the internet.

The Everett C. Parker Award recognizes an individual whose work embodies the principles and values of the public interest in telecommunications and the media.

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