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  "description": "Lawmakers pressed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on why BEAD has not yet connected any households, ties to Jeffrey Epstein",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-10T20:51:19.000Z",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2026 – Commerce Secretary **Howard Lutnick** touted the Trump administration’s success in halving the $42 billion price tag for broadband deployment under the BEAD program, and confirmed that the government has no intention of keeping states from receiving all allocated funds–non-deployment as well as deployment.\n\nBut lawmakers pressed Lutnick on why the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program has not yet connected any households, how quickly states can move from approved plans to funding, and what NTIA plans to do with more than $20 billion in uncommitted dollars.\n\nDemocratic senators also extensively questioned him on his ties to the disgraced former financier **Jeffrey Epstein**.\n\nBroadband Breakfast is Tracking Planned BEAD Connections by Technology\n\n\n                            Join the Breakfast Club for Premium Documents\n                        \n\nChart of States’ Planned BEAD Deployment by TechnologyBroadband Breakfast is tracking planned BEAD connections by technologyBroadband BreakfastBroadband Breakfast\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Lutnick Confirms No Effort to Rescind BEAD Non-Deployment Funds",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-21T09:58:43.182Z"
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