Klobuchar Proposes Plan to Connect Broadband in All Households by 2022
The campaign of 2020 presidential hopeful Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., released a “billion-dollar” infrastructure plan Thursday that in part proposed to “connect every household in America to the internet by 2022.” President Donald Trump made a generic call to Congress…
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in February to pass infrastructure funding bill this year but didn't outline a specific legislative proposal. Trump in 2018 sought a bill “that generates at least $1.5 trillion for the new infrastructure investment” that relied heavily on public-private partnerships (see 1801310071). Trump's infrastructure push is a “mirage” that “leaves the details up to lawmakers,” Klobuchar's campaign wrote, announcing her proposal. Her plan would “help close the urban-rural divide by creating accurate broadband maps to identify areas that lack adequate access, focus on bringing high-speed internet infrastructure to areas most in need, and provide greater incentives for existing providers to use funds to upgrade their networks to cover unserved and underserved areas.” Klobuchar will meet Friday in Stanton, Iowa, “with local leaders to discuss needed investments in rural broadband,” as part of a tour of the state to highlight aspects of her infrastructure proposal, the campaign said.