Head of House Appropriations Committee Hosts Broadband-Centric Bus Tour

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., hosted a “Silicon Holler Express” bus tour of parts of his state last week, he said in a news release. “We're already doing high-tech business where high-speed Internet is available, but with Kentucky's new 'Super I-way,' we will be able to recruit even more complex businesses, and draw them to what I like to call Silicon Holler," Rogers said in a statement last week (http://1.usa.gov/1sYYRXH). "The first phase of the broadband project is expected to be complete in the next 18 months, so now is the time to plan our work and work our plan." He hosted 50 leaders from Kentucky to highlight this initiative, the release said.