U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Applauds USDA Funding for Rural Broadband in Wisconsin

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Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin applauded a U.S. Department of Agriculture investment in strengthening access to high speed broadband in rural Wisconsin. The broadband investment in LaValle Telephone Cooperative will serve citizens in Sauk, Richland and Juneau counties. This new funding was also the featured in the Washington Post on Tuesday in an article titled, "Why the Agriculture Department is giving out tens of millions of dollars for Internet access."

"The internet is built for faster speeds, and if we don't keep up the pace of investment in rural communities, they will be left behind. Expanding and improving broadband service is vital to growing rural economies in Wisconsin and this is important support for our state," said Senator Baldwin, a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture.

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