Work to ensure the Farm Bill expands rural broadband.

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
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

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
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%

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
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 90%

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
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 91%

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.

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Farm Bill Primer: Rural Broadband Provisions
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 94%