The White House is pressing Congress to extend a subsidy program that helps one in six U.S. families afford internet and represents a key element of President Joe Biden's promise to deliver reliable broadband service to every American household.
“It seems to be a bipartisan issue — internet access and the importance of it,” Johnson said.
Biden has likened his promise of affordable internet for all American households to the New Deal-era effort to provide electricity to much of rural America.
He traveled to North Carolina last month to tout its potential benefits, especially in wide swaths of the country that currently lack access to reliable, affordable internet service.
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