Clinton Campaigning on Broadband Access Continues in Michigan
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton campaigned on her broadband deployment plans again Thursday, speaking on the economy in Warren, Michigan. She said she wants to work with both parties starting on Day One of her administration on advancing an infrastructure…
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investment package, a big-ticket item she floated last year that has increasingly dominated her speeches and campaign remarks in recent weeks. “I happen to think we should be ambitious,” Clinton said. “While we’re at it, let’s connect every household in America to broadband by the year 2020. It’s astonishing to me how many places in America -- not way, way far away from cities but in cities and near cities -- that don’t have access to broadband. And that disadvantages kids who are asked to do homework using the internet. Five million of them live in households without access to the internet. You talk about an achievement gap -- it starts right there.”