Lawmakers itching to advance high-speed Internet funding

Published June 19, 2017 4:01am ET



On the heels of President Trump’s “Infrastructure Week,” Republicans and Democrats in Congress are eager to move on a package that expands access to broadband, even absent a plan from the White House.

“This is where Democrats have really, from the beginning of the new administration, this is where our hopes have gone to, that we can work together on infrastructure,” Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., told the Washington Examiner.

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