Rep. Matsui ‘Suspicious’ About BEAD Policy Shift
Lawmaker accuses GOP of reallocating money to ‘predetermined winners.’

Lawmaker accuses GOP of reallocating money to ‘predetermined winners.’
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2025 – Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Doris Matsui, D-Ca., is not holding back in her criticism of the Trump Administration’s approach to the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program.
Speaking at the INCOMPAS Policy Summit on Tuesday, Matsui stressed the importance of bipartisan cooperation on spectrum policy and broadband expansion.
Matsui also questioned the administration’s shift toward a technology-neutral approach to BEAD and its true intent.
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'This court finds, however, that the Act as drafted fails to pass constitutional muster and is constitutionally infirm.'