The Western Governors’ Association shared policies related to broadband with the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in advance of the April 10, 2019 hearing on Broadband Mapping: Challenges and Solutions.
The outreach to Chairman Roger Wicker and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell included WGA Policy Resolution 2019-04, Health Care in Western States, which states, in part: “The federal government should work with states to facilitate the deployment of broadband to underserved and rural areas, recognizing that adequate broadband access has a direct correlation on rural populations’ ability to access telehealth and telemedicine.”
The letter also included WGA Policy Resolution 2018-13, Workforce Development in the Western United States; and WGA Policy Resolution 2017-09, Western Agriculture, and previous outreach to National Telecommunications and Information Administration Assistant Secretary David J. Redl.
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