{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-announces-over-27-million-expand-rural-broadband-oregon", "Greg Walden Announces over $2.7 Million to Expand Rural Broadband in Oregon", "2020-06-12", "2020", "2020-06", "Republican", "House", "OR", "Greg Walden", "W000791", "walden.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Today, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that Oregon will receive over $2.7 million to help expand rural broadband over the next 10 years. The funding includes $1.36 million for Oregon's Second District to serve over 2,000 small businesses and residents at a minimum speed of 25/3 Mbps. Access tothe internetis more important than ever as our nation responds to thecoronavirus pandemic,said Walden.Far toomany Oregoniansstill lack access to reliable broadband internet service and thus access to things like telemedicine, remote learning, next generation emergency services, and video streaming because of insufficient Internet service.Expanding access to rural broadband in Oregon brings us closer to narrowing the urban/rural digital divide and ushers rural Oregonians into the 21st Century.Thismoney is welcome news for the over 2,000 individuals and small businesses in the second district that will be impacted. I am grateful toChairmanAjitPai,who saw firsthand the need for expanding rural broadband in eastern Oregon when he visited in 2018, for hisefforts tostrengthen connectivity inOregonand I look forward to continuing to work with him on expanding rural broadbandacross our great state and nation.\n\t Walden has beenalongtime advocatefor expanding rural broadband, especially throughout Oregon's Second District. In 2018, Walden brought FCC Chairman AjitPai out toeastern Oregonto discuss efforts to improve connectivity in rural communities, including making sure patients in remote areas have access to the best doctors through technology like telehealth.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-announces-over-27-million-expand-rural-broadband-oregon"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9151590056717396, "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"}