In Congress, I will work to invest in the critical broadband infrastructure necessary to end this rural inequity.
Invest in rural broadband infrastructure.
Occurrences
Evidence
Actions: ... Additional sponsor: Mr. Vindman ... Short Title: Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act ... Full Title: To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an interagency strike force to ensure that certain Federal land management agencies ... prioritize the review of requests for communications use authorizations ... Sponsors: Gabe Evans(CO); Eugene Simon Vindman(VA).
Assessments
Vindman took concrete same-term legislative action related to rural broadband by serving as an additional sponsor of H.R. 1681, the Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act, which sought to speed federal reviews for broadband deployment on federal lands. However, the evidence shows facilitation of broadband deployment rather than enacted infrastructure investment or completed rural broadband buildout. Because the promised outcome was to invest in rural broadband infrastructure, this supports partial credit for materially advancing the policy area but not full delivery.