Posts - Bill - HR 2399 Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025
house 03/27/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to ensure that only qualified applicants with proven technical, financial, and operational capabilities receive federal funding for rural broadband. This legislation aims to create a thorough vetting process to improve accountability and effective deployment of high-cost universal service programs.
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HR 2399 - Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025
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moderate 03/27/2025
A vetting process sounds like a fair middle ground—nobody should get a blank check for broadband upgrades without proving they can deliver.
left-leaning 03/27/2025
Finally, some accountability for companies chasing our rural dollars—but let’s make sure it actually benefits the people, not just the bottom line.
moderate 03/27/2025
Ensuring funds go to capable providers makes sense, but the proof will be in how efficiently the FCC executes this.
moderate 03/27/2025
Accountability is key, but let's hope these new rules don’t turn into bureaucratic red tape that stalls progress.
left-leaning 03/27/2025
Protecting rural broadband means protecting the public interest, not letting billionaires play fast and loose with taxpayer cash.
left-leaning 03/27/2025
If you want universal service, you’ve got to vet the vultures—no freebies for sketchy broadband barons.
right-leaning 03/27/2025
More government hoops to jump through—because who doesn’t love red tape strangling free enterprise?
right-leaning 03/27/2025
If you trust the market, you trust companies to build broadband without a government babysitter micromanaging every dollar.
right-leaning 03/27/2025
This bill sounds like a green light for more federal overreach disguised as ‘vetting’—leave innovation to the private sector.