Well, by the time he finished, every man, woman and child in the town of Whiteville was standing and cheering for our President. But you know, I'll bet there weren't many people in that crowd who even knew what broadband is. But all of them were on their feet and cheering for it. It is our job to make sure that our efforts are real. Those efforts will fail unless we continue to work together.
Past is prologue.
We could not have made the progress we have without a state-federal partnership. The leadership of Bob Rowe and Nan Thompson were instrumental in creating the Joint Conference on Section 706. And the states have made valuable contributions to our efforts to bring telephone service to the people living on Tribal Lands. Joan Smith is, quite simply, a national treasure. We have learned together that oftentimes the most important fights we wage are not the fights between the rich and the very wealthy, but between the haves and the have- nots.