Cantwell, Schatz Press Commerce Department on Freeze of NTIA Tribal Broadband Funding

Cantwell, Schatz Press Commerce Department on Freeze of NTIA Tribal Broadband Funding

Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Indian Affairs Committee Vice Chairman Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, pressed top Commerce Department officials late Thursday to explain why the Trump administration has frozen $980 million in unobligated Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program...

Senators Seek Answers on Delay of Nearly $1B in Tribal Broadband Grants

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Vice Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, want answers from Commerce Department Secretary Howard Lutnick and NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth about why the Administration has frozen the distribution of nearly $1 billion in congressionally-approved broadband grants to Native communities. The senators…