States to DC: "No More BEAD Delays"

The NewDEAL Forum is supporting a bipartisan group of  tate legislators from twenty-eight states who are urging the Trump Administration to advance the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment and Digital Equity (BEAD) program from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law without changes or delay. In a letter this week, they argue that the programs have already made significant progress and that imposing new federal requirements at this stage could undermine state authorities, delay broadband deployments for years, and ultimately leave underserved communities behind. 

Many of the leaders signed on are involved with the NewDEAL Forum’s Broadband Task Force and are associated with our sister organization, The NewDEAL, including NewDEAL Forum Broadband co-chair Sen. Jay Chaudhuri (NC); Rep. Jeremy Gray (AL); Sen. Scott Kawasaki (AK); Sen. Clarke Tucker (AR); Sen. Josh Becker (CA);  Sen. Bob Duff (CT);  Rep. Kate Farrar (CT); Rep. Tram T. Nguyen (MA); Sen. Pavel M. Payano (MA); Sen. Sam Singh (MI); Asm. Sandra Jauregui (NV); Sen. Josh Boschee (ND); and Sen. Marko Liias (WA).