Wired for Growth: How Expanding Broadband Can Revitalize Rural Small Businesses
2025-09-03
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Kristi Westbrock
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Before we get started, I want to recognize Representative Cisneros from the great state of California to lead us in the pledge and the prayer. Would you stand? So you're not worried about what you said or what you did? We'll have people moving in and out a lot today because there are a lot of other hearings going on. So if somebody gets up after you talk, don't worry about it. They're heading, but they'll be back. So I want you to be aware of that. And I want to also say good morning to everyone, and I now call the Committee on Small Business to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess of the Committee at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Welcome to today's hearing entitled, Wired for Growth, How Expanding Broadband Can Revitalize Rural Small Businesses. I want to begin by thanking our witnesses for being here today, and access to reliable, affordable broadband is not a luxury. It is a necessity for small businesses, families, students, and communities across America. It's rural areas in particular that broadband can mean the difference between growth and stagnation and between new opportunities and being left behind.
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