Senate Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) plans on developing a comprehensive broadband strategy and monitoring how the $7.2 billion in stimulus funds to expand broadband service is spent. "There are a lot of issues on our plate and we're teeing up an aggressive subcommittee agenda to deal with them," he said. Sen Kerry recently took the reins at the communications subcommittee, which was eliminated a few years ago when former Sen Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) revived the panel when he became chairman of the full committee in January.
