A group of five Republican Senators has released a $568 billion infrastructure framework in response the $2 trillion American Jobs Plan announced by President Biden.
Those lawmakers are Roger Wicker (MS), Ranking Member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee; Shelley Moore Capito (WV), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee; Pat Toomey (PA), Ranking Member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; Mike Crapo (ID), Ranking Member of the Finance Committee; and John Barrasso (WY), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
The Biden Plan, one aspect of which I discussed in a recent post to the FSF Blog, would make $100 billion available for broadband-related projects and would "prioritize[] support for broadband networks owned, operated by, or affiliated with local governments, non-profits, and co-operatives."
The Republican counter-proposal, by contrast, would allocate $65 billion out of the $81 billion generated by the recent C-band auction for new spending by the FCC and NTIA.
Be on the lookout in the coming days and weeks for additional commentary from Free State Foundation scholars on broadband spending proposals.
Posts
