Reposted from The Telecompetitor

The rural telecom industry seems to have caught the attention of legislators. Yesterday two members of the House of Representatives announced the formation of a bipartisan working group of the Energy and Commerce Committee that will work to “promote rural telecommunication issues within the Committee.”

The announcement comes just a week after the U.S. Senate held a hearing to discuss rural telecommunications issues.

The founders and co-chairs of the new bipartisan rural telecom working group are Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio). The group will have a total of 18 members, split evenly between Democrats and Republicans.