{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-cleaver-applauds-76-million-investment-missouri-expand-rural", "Rep. Cleaver Applauds $76 Million Investment in Missouri to Expand Rural Broadband from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law", "2023-08-22", "2023", "2023-08", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Emanuel Cleaver", "C001061", "cleaver.house.gov", "cleaver", "https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "(Kansas City, MO) \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA) announcement that Missouri will receive $76,000,000 in federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to expand high-speed internet in rural communities across the state. Through the ReConnect Program, which is designed to support the most difficult broadband projects in the country and received increased investments through President Biden\u2019s infrastructure law, the funding will connect thousands of rural residents, farmers, and business owners to reliable broadband. Congressman Cleaver was the only Representative from Missouri to support President Biden\u2019s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which has already allocated more than $4.1 billion in infrastructure funding for the Show Me State.\n\n\u201cThere is nothing that America can\u2019t accomplish when we put partisanship aside and focus on the needs of American people\u2014and there\u2019s no greater example of that than President Biden\u2019s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which continues to deliver for Missourians all over our great state,\u201d said Congressman Cleaver. \u201cAs another $76 million heads to Missouri to provide high-speed internet to rural communities, not only will this unlock greater economic opportunity in underserved communities that are too often overlooked, but it will create a lot of quality jobs in the process. That\u2019s something I think every Missourian can get behind, and that\u2019s why I was proud to support the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.\u201d\n\n\u201cKeeping the people of rural America connected with reliable, high-speed internet brings new and innovative ideas to the rest of our country and creates good-paying jobs along the way,\u201d Secretary Vilsack said. \u201cThanks to President Biden\u2019s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are connecting rural communities to a global marketplace. These investments will support economic growth and prosperity for generations to come.\u201d\n\nToday\u2019s high-speed internet investments are part of the fourth funding round of the ReConnect Program. Applicants to ReConnect Program funding must serve a rural area that lacks access to service at speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) download and 20 Mbps upload. Applicants must also commit to building facilities capable of providing high-speed internet service with speeds of 100 Mbps (download and upload) to every location in the proposed service area. Additionally, to ensure that rural households that need internet service can afford it, all awardees will be required to apply to participate in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\u2019s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The ACP offers a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service to qualifying low-income households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal Lands.\n\nA full list of projects from today\u2019s announcement is available here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:30:18Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-cleaver-applauds-76-million-investment-missouri-expand-rural"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0228022001683712, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}