Earlier today the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit (Committee on Agriculture) met to hear about: “Building Opportunity in Rural America through Affordable, Reliable and High-Speed Broadband“. I’m pleased to report that two Minnesotans were there to tell the story in our state – Neela Mollgaard at Red Wing Ignite and Dave Hengel at Greater Bemidji.

All of the speakers shed a light on what better broadband and supporting locals to better use that broadband make a difference in a rural community.

Here’s the meeting:

And access to Dave and Neela’s written testimony.

[Update July 15, 2019]

• The following papers also wrote about the session:
  Waseca County News www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/news/state/article_c16b4690-1290-5b46-a129-b1b96e9c8e48.html
• Fergus Fall Daily Journal: https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/2019/07/group-talks-to-congress-about-rural-broadband/
• Red Wing Republican Eagle https://www.republican-eagle.com/opinion/columns/4636409-mollgaard-touts-need-rural-broadband
• Progressive Farmer https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/farm-life/article/2019/07/15/congressman-asks-rural-voices-heard