FCC’s Carr Blasts White House on BEAD Management
“It is a program that is going off the rails,” Carr says

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“It is a program that is going off the rails,” Carr says
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2024 – A Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission Monday criticized the management of a major broadband deployment program Congress handed the Commerce Department about three years ago.
“It is a program that is going off the rails,” FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said in Capitol Hill testimony for delivery tomorrow but posted today on the website of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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