Image: 20181213-OSEC-LSC-0137 (31366528447)

Description: U.S. Representatives Anderson "Drew" Ferguson IV, Douglas L. LaMalfa, and Roger Wayne Marshall listen to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announce that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering up to $600 million in loans and grants to help build broadband infrastructure in rural America, on Dec 13, 2018, in Washington D.C. Telecommunications companies, rural electric cooperatives and utilities, internet service providers and municipalities may apply for funding through USDAâs new ReConnect Program to connect rural areas that currently have insufficient broadband service. Answering the Administrationâs call to action for rural prosperity, Congress appropriated funds in the fiscal year 2018 budget for this broadband pilot program. USDA Rural Development is the primary agency delivering the program, with assistance from other federal partners. Also attending the announcement were U.S. Representatives Bruce Lee Poliquin, and Robert Brown Aderholt. For more information, visit www.rd.usda.gov., and www.usda.gov. For the full news release, visit content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAOC/bulletins/2224fbf USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Title: 20181213-OSEC-LSC-0137 (31366528447)
Credit: 20181213-OSEC-LSC-0137
Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture Lance Cheung/Multimedia PhotoJournalist
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