The ACP – a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – serves 23,490 households in New York’s Seventeenth Congressional District, providing discounts of up to $70 for monthly internet bills.
A recent survey conducted by the FCC found that more than two-thirds of beneficiaries to the ACP said they had inconsistent or no internet service prior to the program’s existence.
Meanwhile, Mike Lawler’s extreme House Republican majority actively called for this program to sunset through their far-right Republican Study Committee, whose budget calls for an end to the program.
While Lawler and House Republicans continue to cave to the demands of Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene, House Democrats have introduced common sense legislation to replenish the fund to keep monthly bills low for millions of Americans who rely on access to affordable internet.
Lawler has shamelessly tried to mislead Lower Hudson Valley voters by half-heartedly signing onto the bill while refusing to disavow his extreme party’s previous efforts to end the program.
DCCC Spokesperson Ellie Dougherty:
“At every turn, Mike Lawler proves he can’t stand up to his Republican party bosses and their extreme agenda, even if it means letting his party raise internet costs for Lower Hudson Valley families. The GOP’s misguided ‘priorities’ will cost Lawler in November.”
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