Hudson Wants to See BEAD Non-Deployment Funds Go to NG911 Transition

Hudson Wants to See BEAD Non-Deployment Funds Go to NG911 Transition

The roughly $20 billion in BEAD non-deployment funds should go foremost toward helping pay for counties' next-generation 911 transition, U.S. House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Richard Hudson said Wednesday. Speaking at Incompas' policy conference in Washington, Hudson, R-N.C., said building consensus...

Rep. Richard Hudson Says He Fought For BEAD Funding

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2026 – Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Chairman Richard Hudson R-N.C., said Wednesday that he fought to ensure federal broadband funds were spent despite pressure from other House Republicans, who wanted to cancel the program.Hudson, who heads the subcommittee on communications and technology, was speaking at the INCOMPAS Policy Summit here. He said he believed strongly in the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program, …