FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr says Kamala Harris has made no progress on her broadband infrastructure initiative despite having 3 years to work on it.

"In 2021, Vice President Harris agreed to lead the administration's signature $42 billion effort to extend internet service to millions of Americans.

"It's now been 1039 days since that program was enacted.

"After all of that time, not one person has been connected to the internet.

"Not one home, not one business, not even one shovel worth of dirt has been turned.

"And it gets worse.

"No infrastructure builds will even start until sometime next year at the earliest, and in many cases, not until 2026.

"This makes Vice President Harris's $42 billion initiative the slowest moving federal broadband deployment program in recent history."

🚨 FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr says Kamala Harris has made no progress on her broadband infrastructure initiative despite having 3 years to work on it.

“In 2021, Vice President Harris agreed to lead the administration's signature $42 billion effort to extend internet service… pic.twitter.com/8EQOfOaUnI

— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) September 19, 2024

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"After all of that time, not one person has been connected to the internet.

"Not one home, not one business, not even one shovel worth of dirt has been turned.

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Almost willing to bet that almost all of that $42B is gone now.

Dems/Libs pass huge bills with huge promises and the money almost always goes "Poof Gone" before anything ever gets done.

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Just as Carr testified they redirected the money to green new deal projects


That's all the infrastructure bill was about. They earmarked funding for all sorts of stuff but once they got the funds they spent it on their nonsense

Got my Starlink! Works well! wife did a 2.5 hour zoom meting on it. Have streamed evenings of Tv, with no problems>
Kamala was tasked with border and broadband.
She is so much fail. .

Well, this clinches it, Harris is definitely black because she's clearly operating on CPT.

It'd be cheaper to buy everyone starlink than this typical government boondoggle.

Yet another arrow in the quiver for Trump and Republicans to use against her. She couldn't get anything done in her time as VP, why should she be given the keys as POTUS.

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Yet another arrow in the quiver for Trump and Republicans to use against her. She couldn't get anything done in her time as VP, why should she be given the keys as POTUS.

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Because she's black and has a uterus.
Every decision I make is based on race and sex, proving that I'm not racist or sexist.

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"She's a woman of color who does things from a different perspective. It is concerning that a white male is so concerned." - Concerned Moderate

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Should be chiseled on a granite tablet and buried in a landfill so scavengers 200-years from now will have some indication of what happened.

Like the record attached to the Voyager space probe only for feral humans sifting through trash .

They'l have lost the ability to read so might need to do it with hieroglyphics.

Maybe like a pictograph of a woman nagging a bunch of people and the end panel set in the landfill establishing 'you are here'.

Will she claim she was much too busy as Border Czar solving the border crisis?

So is this the RDOF, or something different?

That's a nice way to enter your retirement. Bravo Brendan Carr. You sir are a Patriot.

I know Trump won't do another debate, but if he did, this would be one hell of an issue to hammer her on.

I'm sure Vance will bring it up, but it won't hit as hard as saying it to her

Well she didn't actually get infrastructure installed but she HAS been on the internet so in her world, that counts. At least that's what she would tell 'ol Lester.

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!

GOOD GOD, GIVE ELON THE RESPONSIBILITY AND IT GETS DONE IN 6 F**CKING MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THERE IS NO REASON FOR FIBER! FING WASTEFUL SPENDING DUMBASSES!!!!!!!!!

Jeff Bezos LITERALLY WILL HAVE THE SAME SERVICE AS STARLINK AVAILABLE IN 3 to 5 years

Our government is out of control with spending. IF there is anyway Trump can cancel all the relief bills Biden passed I hope he does. Even if half the money has already been spent, finish anything started and cancel out the rest

The infrastructure bill needs to be examined by a thin tooth comb, and all the plans for it need to be scrapped. Let Elon and other successful people come in and get every penny worth from that bill. 8 billion for 6 charging stations is not going to cut it.

Use the damn thing for stuff that will help us, nuclear plants, smart energy investment. Roads, bridges, ports, airports, electric grid, cleaning rivers, building and rebuilding damns, drainage/sewage, water transportation (piping etc.), which is a big deal, supposedly we have so many leaking water pipes and facilities it equates to a ridiculous percentage of water reserve wasted. Sorry for the rant, but all the money we have spent and non of the above has gotten done at all, it is a Fing crime. We should be Fing Atlantis in every big city for the trillions we have spent in 4 years and I am not exaggerating. Instead we have efforts to cut kids di**s and boobs off, dudes in dressing at the white house with cocaine everywhere. 6 charging stations for 8 billion dollars and no internet

Ukraine needed it. Duh!!

You mean she is unburdened by that $42B

Come on ya'll... I mean... it's so hard being the border czar AND the technology czar at the same time

I won't believe this until ABC Fact checks this.

There is a thread related to this. It's worse than you think!

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In 2020, the FCC secured a commitment from Starlink to offer high-speed Internet to 640,000 rural locations for $1,300 per location in federal support.

After revoking that award in 2023, the government is now spending in the ballpark & upwards of $100,000 per location in cases.

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What they do spend is wasted...

Wasn't it just reported that the government canceled a Starlink contract so they could spend like 3x for the same outcome? And then didn't do it?

Is this the same story?

MarkTwain said:

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FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr says Kamala Harris has made no progress on her broadband infrastructure initiative despite having 3 years to work on it.

"In 2021, Vice President Harris agreed to lead the administration's signature $42 billion effort to extend internet service to millions of Americans.

"It's now been 1039 days since that program was enacted.

"After all of that time, not one person has been connected to the internet.

"Not one home, not one business, not even one shovel worth of dirt has been turned.

"And it gets worse.

"No infrastructure builds will even start until sometime next year at the earliest, and in many cases, not until 2026.

"This makes Vice President Harris's $42 billion initiative the slowest moving federal broadband deployment program in recent history."

🚨 FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr says Kamala Harris has made no progress on her broadband infrastructure initiative despite having 3 years to work on it.

“In 2021, Vice President Harris agreed to lead the administration's signature $42 billion effort to extend internet service… pic.twitter.com/8EQOfOaUnI

— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) September 19, 2024

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So does this mean that she isn't a Communist/Socialist after all?

Or do you want the government to be handing out wheelbarrow loads of money to companies to out-compete against their competitors who don't get the wheellbarrow loads of money?

If she really cared about small business......this could have done a lot by now for them.

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I have seen more crews laying fiber optic cable in the last 3-4 mos than ever. I dunno if it has anything to do with this but I feel like it likely does.

How do you expect them to make progress without any money.? I mean ….they only had $42b available to start with. Agree with other posters that say this money has probably been spent/stolen and they'll try to come back for more.

She's one dumb baby killing broad that brings so much joy to the Democrats.

I was told by a TxDOT representative at a luncheon that internet service was transportation rather than communication. So maybe the FCC director is just looking in the wrong department.

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Got my Starlink! Works well! wife did a 2.5 hour zoom meting on it. Have streamed evenings of Tv, with no problems>
Kamala was tasked with border and broadband.
She is so much fail. .

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Overall cost for the materials needed and monthly fee?

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"After all of that time, not one person has been connected to the internet.

"Not one home, not one business, not even one shovel worth of dirt has been turned.

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Almost willing to bet that almost all of that $42B is gone now.

Dems/Libs pass huge bills with huge promises and the money almost always goes "Poof Gone" before anything ever gets done.

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silly rabbit the 42 billion was to start the conversation. when they actually pick up a shovel they will pass a 100 billion to complete it. but they won't complete it even with more money. just another example in the long ass list of scams our own govt runs ags inter the american people.

I am no type of Biden apologist, but I keep seeing this headline and don't see how its true.

My little corner of the county had fiberoptic cable installed earlier this year, and we have high speed internet for the first time that is not satellite or cell based. It makes me feel a little dirty, so I checked the county website. Sure enough, in very clear language, it states that the installation was funded by the infrastructure bill.

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Wasn't it just reported that the government canceled a Starlink contract so they could spend like 3x for the same outcome? And then didn't do it?

Is this the same story?

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This is what I was remembering as well.

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Owlagdad said:

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Got my Starlink! Works well! wife did a 2.5 hour zoom meting on it. Have streamed evenings of Tv, with no problems>
Kamala was tasked with border and broadband.
She is so much fail. .

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Overall cost for the materials needed and monthly fee?

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I think it's like $500 for the hardware then $120/ mo. for service but that's without looking it up.