Payroll Tax Cut Deal Will Help Fund National Broadband Communications System
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The payroll tax cut deal will not only help middle class families and the unemployed, but first responders as well.
Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say the measure dedicates $7 billion toward the creation of a national broadband communications system.
Unused spectrum space would provide first responders will access to floor plans or criminal records from a handheld device.
They hope it will avoid a breakdown of communications like the one on September 11th.
"They sacrificed everything just to try to save a few, and many lost their lives because they could not communicate with those on the ground. They could not communicate state, local, federal," said Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
"More than a decade after 9/11, we’re finally establishing a national network that will let emergency workers—police, fire, EMT—talk to each other so we can avoid repeating the communication failures of that tragic day," said Senator Charles Schumer.
The communications network is a key recommendation of the 9/11 Commission.