Current location:entertainment >>
Lawmakers and advocates make last
entertainment25419People have gathered around
IntroductionWASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-three million families in the U.S. will have bigger internet bills starting ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-three million families in the U.S. will have bigger internet bills starting in May. That’s because a federal broadband subsidy program they’re enrolled in is nearly out of money.
Dozens of people joined Biden administration officials, advocates and U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont, at a Washington public library on Tuesday to make a last-ditch plea to extend the Affordable Connectivity Program, a subsidy created by Congress and touted by President Joe Biden as part of his push to bring internet access to every U.S. household. The program, which is set to expire at the end of May, helps people with limited means pay their broadband bills.
“They need access to high-speed internet just like they need access to electricity,” Sen. Welch told the gathering. “This is what is required in a modern economy.”
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Global Grandeur news portal”。http://martinique.whetstonetavern.com/content-9a199979.html
Related articles
China's home
entertainmentChina's first home grown hydrogen energy urban train successfully completes its test run at a speed ...
Read moreCaptain of container ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse is Indian, not Ukrainian
entertainmentCLAIM: The captain of Dali, the container ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridg ...
Read moreNo, OJ Simpson did not admit on X to the 1994 killings of his ex
entertainmentCLAIM: O.J. Simpson, the former football star and Hollywood actor, admitted on X before he died on W ...
Read more
Popular articles
- China replaces Germany as UK's biggest import market: ONS
- Cambodia's prime minister sounds a sour note on trucks' musical horns
- Marriages in the US are back to pre
- Shoplifter chased by police on horses in New Mexico, video shows
- China retrieves subglacial bedrock sample from East Antarctic
- A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street
Latest articles
Comicomment: 'Summit for Democracy' not about democracy
Navalny's body returned to mother, spokeswoman says
Walgreens books hefty charge as the drugstore chain adjusts the value of struggling clinics
Posts misrepresent a photo of a Ukrainian soldier balancing on his prosthetic limbs
Feature: Race against time to find survivors at epicenter of Türkiye's massive earthquakes
Smokescreen: Expert rubbishes govt claim of black market over smokefree legislation
LINKS
- Team China makes flying start at Sudirman Cup
- Chinese paddlers reign supreme at Durban table tennis worlds
- Xi Pledges China's Continuous Support for Cuba in Opposing Interference
- Xi Awarded Order of South Africa
- Daihatsu suspends vehicle shipment over safety scandal
- U.S. chip company Micron settles IP lawsuit with Chinese firm
- Hainan expands visa
- China's consumption gains steam as shopping, tourism, catering rebound
- Friendly visa policies to help boost tourism
- Xi Awarded Order of South Africa