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# Trade Groups Urge Senate to Fully Fund Broadband
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/trade-groups-urge-senate-to-fully-fund-broadband/
- Published: 2010-07-15T14:13:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:36:34.000Z
- Description: WASHINGTON July 15, 2010- The National Association of Telecommunications and Advisors (NATOA) and the National Association of Counties have sent a letter to Senators Reid, Durbin, Inouye, Rockefeller and Kerry urging them to prevent the House from rescinding broadband funding.
- Author: Broadband Breakfast
- Tags: NTIA, Recovery Act, Rural Utilities Service, states, ARRA, BIP, BTOP, Daniel Inouye, Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, Jay Rockefeller, John Kerry, National Association of Counties, National Association of Telecommunications and Advisors, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 10:23, #added-preview-divider

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WASHINGTON July 15, 2010- The [National Association of Telecommunications and Advisors (NATOA)](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/natoa/) and the [National Association of Counties](http://www.naco.org/Pages/default.aspx?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) have sent a letter to Senators [Reid,](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/harry-reid/) [Durbin](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/dick-durbin/), [Inouye](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/alan-inouye/), [Rockefeller](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/jay-rockefeller/) and [Kerry](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/john-kerry/) urging them to prevent the House from rescinding broadband funding.

Recently there have been two separate bills in the house to shift $300 million in funds from the [National Telecommunications and Information Administration](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/ntia/) and the [Rural Utilities Service](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/rus/) to be used for other purposes.

The letter states in part: “Job creation was one of the central purposes of the ARRA and the BTOP and BIP programs in particular. Budget cuts should be targeted at wasteful spending and unnecessary programs – they should leave alone programs that are intended to (and do) create jobs in a time when unemployment is such a significant issue for our country. Please reinstate the full funding for these critically important programs”

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