{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.kelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/kelly-gallego-announce-approval-of-internet-for-all-plan-urge-trump-administration-to-preserve-full/", "Kelly, Gallego Announce Approval of Internet for All Plan, Urge Trump Administration to Preserve Full Funding for Arizona", "2025-12-03", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "AZ", "Mark Kelly", "K000377", "www.kelly.senate.gov", "markkelly", "https://www.kelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "NTIA approves Arizona\u2019s final BEAD plan, clearing the way for broadband developments\n\nArizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego announced that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Arizona\u2019s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) final proposal, clearing the way for the state to begin drawing down funds to deploy high-speed broadband in every corner of the state.\n\nArizona\u2019s State Broadband Office successfully navigated NTIA\u2019s updated program guidance, finalizing a plan that will bring fiber technology to 118,170 locations\u2014more than 70 percent of the state\u2014with a deployment cost of $446,123,359. Under the Kelly-shaped Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Arizona was allocated $993,112,231 in BEAD funding, and as NTIA finalizes its nondeployment guidance, it remains crucial that the state receive its full allocation.\n\n\u201cEvery Arizonan, regardless of their zip code, deserves access to reliable, high-speed internet, and this final approval means many communities are one step closer to getting connected,\u201d said Kelly. \u201cBut the job isn\u2019t done. The administration needs to make all of Arizona\u2019s broadband funding available, just as Congress intended.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019m glad to see that the NTIA approved Arizona\u2019s proposal for the BEAD program to expand broadband internet access to communities that need it most, like rural and Tribal areas. This program was something I fought to include in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and I\u2019m excited to see these funds get to work in Arizona,\u201d said Gallego. \u201cHowever, the Trump administration\u2019s illegal and arbitrary changes to the BEAD program mean that Arizona won\u2019t be able to use all of the funds Congress set aside for our state and areas on the Hopi, White Mountain Apache, and the Yavapai-Apache Nation may be left without service. I\u2019m urging the administration to reverse these changes and release Arizona\u2019s full funds so every community can get connected.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://www.kelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/kelly-gallego-announce-approval-of-internet-for-all-plan-urge-trump-administration-to-preserve-full/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2414238192141056, "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"}