Warnock Calls for Release of Nearly $1B in Georgia BEAD Funding

WASHINGTON, Jan 23, 2026 – Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga. and four Georgia House Democrats on Wednesday called for the release of almost $1 billion in funds appropriated to Georgia under the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program. 

According to a letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, funds were withheld due to a BEAD restructuring notice requiring Georgia to remove a preference for fiber and return its initial grant round in June of last year.

Georgia’s revised BEAD proposal was approved in November.