Speaker Pelosi Connects Broadband to Restoring Manufacturing

Speaking to the Communications Workers of America, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) noted the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act's $7 billion investment in broadband infrastructure and mandate to create a National Broadband Plan. She promised that Democrats will continue working on universal broadband coverage and bridging the digital divide. "On our new path to prosperity, expanding broadband service goes hand-in-hand with our renewed commitment to a restored, growing, and thriving manufacturing sector," she said.