Work to ensure the Farm Bill expands rural broadband.

Ben Cline · Virginia · Republican

policy impact 0.74 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 97%

Occurrences

I will work diligently to ensure that the Farm Bill will ... expand rural broadband

Commits to supporting Farm Bill provisions that expand rural broadband access.

Bolster Rural America - Ben Cline for Congress
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Evidence

On his campaign-style issue page, Cline said he would work to ensure the 2023 Farm Bill would "expand rural broadband."

This is the promise itself: he publicly committed to pushing farm-bill expansion of rural broadband.

never same_term

Representative Ben Cline
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Cline said Congress was beginning to take up the FY2024 Farm Bill and that he wanted farmers to have a voice in it; the event was an Agriculture Listening Session on the farm bill.

He participated in an official farm-bill listening session, showing engagement with the issue but not enactment of the promised broadband expansion.

partial same_term A for effort

As FY24 Farm Bill Approaches, Rep. Ben Cline and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Thompson Host Agriculture Listening Session in Virginia’s Sixth District
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Congress.gov lists Cline as a cosponsor of H.R. 3369, the Broadband for Rural America Act, which modified and consolidated USDA programs for expanding broadband internet in rural areas.

Cline backed concrete broadband legislation affecting rural areas, which supports effort toward the promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Ben Cline | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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CRS notes that Congress enacted two one-year extensions of the 2018 farm bill through FY2025 and that many USDA broadband program authorizations were set to expire on September 30, 2025.

The official congressional primer shows the farm bill remained an extension regime rather than a newly enacted bill delivering a fresh broadband expansion by the assessment date.

never same_term

Farm Bill Primer: Rural Broadband Provisions
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GPO lists H.R. 7567 as Engrossed in House on April 30, 2026. The House-passed text includes a rural broadband subtitle, updates the ReConnect Rural Broadband Program to provide grants, loans, and loan guarantees for rural broadband facilities, extends middle-mile authority through FY2031, and creates an Innovative Broadband Advancement Program.

The House-passed farm bill contains concrete rural broadband expansion provisions, but the record shows only an engrossed House bill, not an enacted law as of June 1, 2026.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 7567 (EH) - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr7567eh | Content Details | GovInfo
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 154 on April 30, 2026 as final passage of H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act. The bill passed 224-200, and the vote table lists Ben Cline of Virginia voting Yea.

Cline took a concrete affirmative vote for House passage of the 2026 farm bill that included rural broadband provisions, supporting effort and partial progress but not final delivery absent enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Cline materially worked toward the promise during the same federal term: he participated in farm-bill activity, cosponsored rural-broadband legislation, and voted yea on April 30, 2026 for House passage of H.R. 7567, which contained rural broadband provisions. But the record shows House passage/engrossment, not enactment of a final farm bill by June 1, 2026, so the promised Farm Bill broadband expansion was not fully delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

never same_term A for effort

The promised outcome was specifically that the Farm Bill would expand rural broadband. The available record shows the 2018 Farm Bill was extended rather than replaced with a new farm bill expansion during the relevant term, and later updates continued the extension approach through FY2026 rather than delivering a new farm-bill broadband expansion. Cline did show meaningful effort by participating in a farm-bill listening session and cosponsoring rural broadband legislation, but those actions did not produce the promised enacted Farm Bill outcome.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%