Delgado Successfully Amends Appropriations Legislation to Address Inaccurate Broadband Mapping

Mister Speaker as you work through this year's appropriation package. I wanna thank my colleagues for passing my amendment to fix our broken broadband mapping system Access to broadband is a timely and urgent need in my district and if we don't address how we map and evaluate who has high-speed Internet, small business owners students and farmers will be left behind the Fcc's recent broadband deployment report States that more than 20 - one million Americans lack access to high speed Internet, but everyone in this body and back home knows there are many more out there She was that we evaluate broadband coverage based on census block mapping In other words have one House on one block and purchase coverage. The whole block is deemed served We will never close digital divide relying on bad data My amendment prevents the National Telecommunications and Information Administration from relying solely on census black data for broadband availability, maps bad data yields, bad maps and this critical amendment will put an end to it I thank my colleagues for joining me in support of this crucial amendment Are you back my time for Gentleman from North Carolina seek recognition without Objection. The gentleman is recognized for one