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  "description": "Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says courts will decide the issue",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-06-05T20:55:04.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "_the Digital Equity Act._",
    "_who helped draft the Digital Equity Act_",
    "_halting billions of dollars_",
    "_Digital Equity Act on account of it being unconstitutional._",
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    "_$2.5 billion Act_",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, June 5, 2025 – **Sen. Patty Murray** , D-Wash., Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, rebuked Commerce Secretary **Howard Lutnick** during a hearing Wednesday for the decision to defund _the Digital Equity Act._\n\nThe Democratic senator, _who helped draft the Digital Equity Act_, berated Lutnick for the Trump Administration _halting billions of dollars_ directed toward the _Digital Equity Act on account of it being unconstitutional._ Murray denied the Act’s unconstitutionality, stating the ___$2.5 billion Act_, which passed with solid bipartisan support, has helped close the digital divide by allowing Americans access to the internet and technology.\n\nMurray directly questioned Lutnick whether the Supreme Court had declared the law unconstitutional, in which Lutnick responded, “It will go through the courts and the courts will decide.”\n\nMurray then shot back, “No one has declared this unconstitutional—no one. Your job, Mr. Secretary, is to carry out the law that Congress has passed. You don't get to keep laptops from our kids because the president doesn't care about kids in rural communities.”\n\nMurray concluded, urging Lutnick _to get the money for the Act_through, stating, “It is a law and it is not unconstitutional.”\n\nAfter a short pause, Lutnick responded, “I hear you.”",
  "title": "Sen. Murray Blasts Lutnick on Cuts to Digital Equity Program",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T03:28:30.665Z"
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