What's up with BEAD non-deployment funds?

In this episode of the Divide, Nicole Ferraro, Drew Garner, and Missouri State Rep Louis Riggs (R-MO) discuss the specific asks of the letter organized by Rep Riggs and State Connections, why Broadband Equity Access and Deployment non-deployment funds are a key component of the broadband connectivity program and what happens now in light of Trump's executive order. We also discuss other recent developments, including prospects for a new BEAD-related bill introduced in Congress, as well as a December 2025 report from the Government Accountability Office finding that the Trump administration's National Telecommunications and Information Administration technically needed congressional approval before re-doing the rules of the BEAD program last June.