woodward of tacoma, washington.e] >> thank you, mayor patterson. as he told you, i am the proud mayor of tacoma, washington, but more importantly -- more probably the past president of nlc. it patterson just talked about of the wonderful aspects of the bipartisan infrastructure law and i will discuss another, the affordable conductivity program. ■athe amazing program has provid more than 22 million low income households with a monthly $30 discount on home broadband service, making a huge difference in the lives of our residents on the economic f our communities. but without congressional action, this program will run out of funding next month. abruptly cutting off broadband service for millions of families year. an especially■c and we learned through the pandemic how important conductivity is to all families. calls on congress to pass the bipartisan affordable conductivity program eensi and s connected well congress determines the long-term future of the program. what we know about the program is that it works. fami