Trump 'Committed' to Improving 'High-Speed Internet' Access, Urges Infrastructure Fixes
President Donald Trump said during his State of the Union speech he’s “committed to ensuring that every citizen can have access to high-speed internet, including and especially in rural America.” Tuesday night was the first time Trump mentioned broadband connectivity as a priority in the annual address, having not cited it during calls to pass infrastructure legislation in 2018 and 2019.
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Trump called again for a rebuilding of “America’s infrastructure.” He asked Congress to pass the America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act (S-2302), which focuses on investments in roads, bridges and tunnels.
Trump touted Capitol Hill passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and the U.S. phase one trade agreement with China. The deal “will defend our workers, protect our intellectual property, bring billions of dollars into our treasury, and open vast new markets for products made and grown right here in” the U.S., Trump said. “For decades, China has taken advantage of the United States, now we have changed that but, at the same time, we have perhaps the best relationship we have ever had with China.”