Sen. Mark Warner Says He’ll Push to Make ‘Rip and Replace’ Funding a Priority
$1.5B Innovation Fund money must focus on O-Ran, senator says.

$1.5B Innovation Fund money must focus on O-Ran, senator says.
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2023 – Senator Mark Warner, D-Virginia, said Thursday that Congress needs to do more to ensure a fund intended to replace technologies in the country’s communications networks deemed a national security risk is replenished.
The agency had requested input on rules it could consider repealing.
Trump administration officials have also indicated that additional, sector-specific tariffs targeting electronics are on the way.
The bill establishes programs to attract high-impact industrial projects
State plans on three grants with awards between $1 million and $2 million each.