孟昭文领衔国会议员致信联邦通信委员会 要求撤回削弱学校图书馆联网补助E-Rate的提案
联邦众议员孟昭文（纽约州第6选区）与参议员 Edward J. Markey、参议院民主党领袖 Chuck Schumer、众议员 Doris Matsui 与 Rob Menendez 于10月15日共同领衔，率领近乎全体参议院民主党党团成员与60多位众议院民主党议员，致信联邦通信委员会（FCC）主席 Brendan Carr，要求委员会撤回取消或限制 E-Rate 计划的提案。
E-Rate 计划近30年来累计投入超过690亿美元，帮助全美学校与图书馆负担联网费用。议员办公室公布的数据显示，仅2025年，该计划就帮助超过158,000所学校与图书馆支付经常性宽带费用、增加带宽、维护安全的校内无线网络并更换老化设施。今年6月，FCC 投票启动规则制定程序，重新审查 E-Rate 计划。
议员们在信中写道，学校和图书馆帮助培养下一代工程师、科学家与网络安全专业人员，包括在历史上缺乏这类机会的社区，削减 E-Rate 将收窄这条人才通道。信中还写道，议员们支持保护儿童上网安全的措施，但 E-Rate 资助的是宽带连接而非笔记本电脑、平板、应用或在线内容，受资助机构本就必须遵守《儿童互联网保护法》，委员会不应以儿童安全为借口，拆除学校与图书馆教育学生所需的安全、受管理的宽带基础设施。
孟昭文现任国会亚太裔美国人党团（CAPAC）主席，是纽约州第一位、也是迄今唯一的亚裔联邦众议员。此次联署名单还包括众议员赵美心、参议员 Andy Kim 等多位议员。议员办公室于10月15日公布了这封信的全文。
Rep. Grace Meng Helps Lead Congressional Letter Urging the FCC to Withdraw Proposal to Undermine the E-Rate Program
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng of New York's 6th District joined Sen. Edward J. Markey, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Reps. Doris Matsui and Rob Menendez on October 15 in leading nearly the entire Senate Democratic Caucus and more than 60 House Democrats in a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr, urging the Commission to withdraw its proposal to eliminate or limit the E-Rate program.
For nearly 30 years, the E-Rate program has invested more than $69 billion to help schools and libraries across the country afford internet access. In 2025 alone, according to the lawmakers, E-Rate helped more than 158,000 schools and libraries pay recurring broadband bills, increase bandwidth, maintain secure internal Wi-Fi networks and replace aging infrastructure. In June, the FCC voted to open a rulemaking examining the program.
In the letter, the lawmakers wrote that schools and libraries help develop the next generation of engineers, scientists and cybersecurity professionals, including in communities that have historically lacked access to those opportunities, and that cutting E-Rate would narrow that talent pipeline. They added that E-Rate funds broadband connectivity — not laptops, tablets, applications or online content — and that recipients must already comply with the Children's Internet Protection Act, arguing the Commission should not use child safety as a pretext to dismantle the secure, managed broadband infrastructure schools and libraries need.
Meng chairs the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and is the first and only Asian American member of Congress from New York State. The letter's signers also include Rep. Judy Chu and Sen. Andy Kim. The lawmakers' offices released the full text of the letter on October 15.
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图片来源：图：联邦众议员孟昭文官方肖像。图片来源：美国众议院，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: Official portrait of U.S. Rep. Grace Meng. Source: U.S. House of Representatives, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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