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ChampionedRural Broadband

Pledged to use his Appropriations Subcommittee and Commerce Committee roles to conduct continued oversight of federal broadband deployment programs after $451 million in broadband funding was awarded to Kansas.

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ChampionedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 85%

All three cited primary sources (moran.senate.gov) were fetched and verify the CHAMPIONED outcome for this promise. (1) Feb 11, 2026 release: title "VIDEO: Chairman Moran Questions Commerce Secretary Lutnick on Broadband Deployment"; both quoted sentences appear verbatim ("There should be sufficient resources for this goal to be accomplished." and "But four years later, not a single BEAD-funded project has been completed" — followed by ", much less initiated," so the cited portion is a faithful truncation); Moran, as chairman of the Appropriations CJS Subcommittee, led the hearing pressing Lutnick on BEAD. (2) Apr 23, 2026 release: "VIDEO: Chairman Moran Leads Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing with Commerce Secretary Lutnick"; the quote "Are these dollars going to be spent for purposes of deploying broadband in the United States to customers who would not otherwise be served?" appears verbatim; Moran chaired/led the hearing. (3) Dec 23, 2025 release: "Sen. Moran, Colleagues Call on NTIA to Preserve States' Ability to Use Broadband Infrastructure Funds as Congress Intended"; both cited phrases appear; Moran co-leads the letter through his Commerce Committee role (Fischer is primary co-author, so the rating's "listed first" is slightly off, but co-leadership is real). Together these show sustained oversight of federal broadband deployment programs through BOTH promised channels — Appropriations Subcommittee (two chaired hearings) and Commerce Committee (co-led NTIA letter). Moran drove the oversight (chaired hearings, co-led the letter) rather than casting a single vote, meeting the leadership bar for CHAMPIONED. Minor discrepancies (letter dated Dec 23 not Dec 22; "name listed first") do not affect the outcome.

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