Ag Secretary Vilsack says Congress needs to spend much more on broadband funding.

“I really think at some point in time, we as a country need to fish or cut bait on this and actually put some serious, serious resources behind this effort.”

Vilsack says the American Jobs plan is an effort to do that. He says it’s not fair to expect private companies to do the job of expanding broadband in rural areas because they can’t make the business case for it.

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