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Trump is forcing states to funnel grant money to Starlink, Senate Democrats say
Overhaul of $42 billion program could delay deployment for years, Democrats warn.
The Biden administration spent about three years developing rules and procedures for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) fund and then evaluating plans submitted by each US state and territory. "States are ready to put shovels in the ground and have been waiting for months to get started... Additional delays and onerous changes to the program at this stage threaten to further stall urgently needed deployment and leave communities behind," Senate Democrats wrote in a May 30 letter to President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Lutnick has said a tech-neutral approach will require states to provide Internet access "at the lowest cost to taxpayers," ruling out fiber in many areas that might otherwise have been eligible for that type of network.
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