{"id":110742,"date":"2020-01-24T10:58:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T15:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110742"},"modified":"2020-01-24T10:58:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T15:58:55","slug":"brindisi-visits-businesses-looks-to-expand-broadband-coverage-and-tours-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110742","title":{"rendered":"Brindisi visits businesses, looks to expand broadband coverage and tours farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rep-Anthony-Brindisi-Congress.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rep-Anthony-Brindisi-Congress.jpg 220w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rep-Anthony-Brindisi-Congress-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><figcaption>Rep. Anthony Brindisi<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Congressman: I want to make sure everyone in the Mohawk\nValley has a voice in Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congressman Anthony Brindisi traveled across Oneida County\nmeeting with constituents, connecting with local businesses, advocating for\nexpanded broadband coverage and touring a local farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo do my job, I need to hear directly from people in our\ncommunities about the challenges they face,\u201d&nbsp;Brindisi said.&nbsp;\u201cFrom\nprotecting our national security, increasing broadband coverage in our rural\ncommunities, to making sure our family farms have the tools they need to\nsucceed, I want to make sure everyone in the Mohawk Valley has a voice in\nWashington.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brindisi, a member of the powerful House Armed Services\nCommittee, toured Utica cyber-security company Quanterion Solutions. Brindisi\nmet with employees and discussed the important work being done in the Mohawk\nValley to bolster our national security. Last year, Brindisi secured robust\ninvestment in national security through the&nbsp;National Defense Authorization\nAct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Brindisi visited United Northland\nCommunications to learn about their efforts to expand broadband coverage in the\narea. Brindisi, a champion for rural broadband, recently launched&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/brindisi.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/brindisi-announces-rural-broadband-mapping-solution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a broadband survey<\/a>&nbsp;to fix the Federal Communications\nCommission\u2019s broadband maps. Brindisi toured the facility and met with\nemployees to hear more about Northland\u2019s broadband solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, Brindisi visited the Alpine Echo Farm in Holland\nPatent. Brindisi, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, touted the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/brindisi.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/brindisi-statement-usmca-deal-announcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently passed<\/a>&nbsp;United States-Mexico-Canada trade\nagreement. The agreement will hold Mexico and Canada accountable and improve\ntrade for workers, farmers and small businesses. Brindisi and the farmers\ndiscussed issues facing dairy operations in the region and what can be done at\na federal level to help. Last year, Brindisi successfully included provisions\nof his&nbsp;Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act&nbsp;into the&nbsp;Farm\nWorkforce Modernization Act&nbsp;which passed the House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressman: I want to make sure everyone in the Mohawk Valley has a voice in Washington Congressman Anthony Brindisi traveled across Oneida County meeting with constituents, connecting with local businesses, advocating for expanded broadband coverage and touring a local farm. \u201cTo do my job, I need to hear directly from people in our communities about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/102245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}