Congress could spend big on broadband. Tribal nations say it can't come soon enough.

Affordable high-speed, broadband internet is rare across Navajo Nation, the reservation that stretches across three southwestern U.S. states and is larger than state of West Virginia. And its absence for many families, especially over the past 15 months, has further exposed how critical access to it is for residents to participate in basic elements of society. It’s a problem the Biden administration is looking to tackle as part of its infrastructure push. Despite initially diverging views on how much to spend, expanding broadband access is one of the few areas on which Democrats and Republicans agree. Tribal leaders, internet access experts, and reservation residents in different parts of the US say the kind of investment Congress is eyeing is long overdue.