Obama and Clinton agree: Speed Matters: Affordable high speed Internet for America

Speaking to Communications Workers of America members from around the country, Senators Clinton and Obama reiterated their commitment to making a national high speed Internet policy a top priority.

Senator Clinton highlighted the national challenge of universal high speed access:

We often say that new technology is bringing the world closer together, but that's only true if you're wired in to it. If not, the opportunities of the 21st century are far beyond your reach. In 2000, we were fourth in the world in broadband access. Today, America, the country that invented the Internet, is 24th. That sounds to me like a national challenge.

Senator Obama had this to say:

I will set a goal of ensuring that every single American has affordable broadband access no matter where you live, no matter how much money you have. That's how we'll ensure that children that have been left behind will actually have the skills they need to compete in the global economy.

Senators Clinton and Obama were speaking at the annual CWA Legislative-Political Conference, held to ensure that the November election brings sweeping change that will include universal high speed Internet and other goals of a pro-worker agenda, like the Employee Free Choice Act.

Need for a National Policy (SpeedMatters)

Deploy a Modern Communications Infrastructure (Barack Obama campaign)

Innovation (Hillary Clinton campaign)