Hearing: “Wired for Growth: How Expanding Broadband Can Revitalize Rural Small Businesses.”

Committee on Small Business

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 (10:00 AM)

2360 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Jimmy Todd
CEO and General Manager, Nex-Tech

Added 08/29/2025 at 10:37 AM
  • Witness Testimony [PDF] Added 09/02/2025 at 01:24 PM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/02/2025 at 01:24 PM
  • Witness Bio [PDF] Added 09/02/2025 at 01:24 PM

Kristi Westbrock
CEO/General Manager, CTC

Added 08/29/2025 at 10:37 AM
  • Witness Testimony [PDF] Added 09/02/2025 at 01:24 PM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/02/2025 at 01:24 PM
  • Witness Bio [PDF] Added 09/02/2025 at 01:24 PM

Jeff Vander Werff
Owner, VWF, LLC

Added 08/29/2025 at 10:37 AM
  • Witness Testimony [PDF] Added 09/02/2025 at 01:24 PM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/02/2025 at 01:24 PM
  • Witness Bio [PDF] Added 09/02/2025 at 01:24 PM

Karen Jackson-Furman
CEO, West Kentucky & Tennessee Telecommunications Cooperative, on behalf of WTA – Advocates for Rural Broadband

Added 08/29/2025 at 10:37 AM
  • Witness Testimony [PDF] Added 09/02/2025 at 01:24 PM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 09/02/2025 at 01:24 PM
  • Witness Bio [PDF] Added 09/02/2025 at 01:24 PM

Support Documents

  • Public Notice [PDF]
  • Public Memo [PDF] Added 08/29/2025 at 03:03 PM
  • UC-Majority-DCUC-Letter for the Record [PDF] Added 09/03/2025 at 01:05 PM
  • UC-Majority-FIBER BROADBAND ASSOCIATION-Letter for the Record [PDF] Added 09/03/2025 at 01:05 PM
  • UC-Minority-SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY-Letter for the Record [PDF] Added 09/03/2025 at 01:05 PM
  • UC-Minority-NH DELEGATION-Letter for the Record [PDF] Added 09/03/2025 at 01:05 PM
  • UC-Minority-STARLINK CAPACITY-Letter for the Record [PDF] Added 09/03/2025 at 05:31 PM
  • UC-Minority-CCA-Letter for the Record [PDF] Added 09/04/2025 at 10:46 AM
  • UC-Majority-WESTERN GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION-Letter for the Record [PDF] Added 09/04/2025 at 11:34 AM
  • UC-Minority-APT-Letter for the Record [PDF] Added 09/03/2025 at 05:31 PM

Hearing Record

  • Hearing Attendance [PDF] Added 09/03/2025 at 01:05 PM

First Published: August 27, 2025 at 09:03 AM
Last Updated: September 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM