\n\u201cIn urban areas as well, there is a stark digital divide: a much higher percentage of White families use home broadband internet than Black or Latino families. The last year made painfully clear the cost of these disparities, particularly for students who struggled to connect while learning remotely, compounding learning loss and social isolation for those students.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
We urge the House to pass this bipartisan infrastructure package<\/a> for many reasons, including to bring this \u201cnew electricity\u201d to more consumers. We can certainly do more, including defining \u201chigh-speed Internet\u201d with much faster, symmetrical up-and-down rates and encouraging municipal and non-profit competition. But this is something we can and should do now.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p><\/body><\/html>","":null}}]},"yoast_head":"\n
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