Broadband for America has released a new video featuring honorary co-chair Harold Ford, Jr. and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke at the Democratic Leadership Council’s Jobs and Innovation Roundtable. Some highlights from the video:

FORD: If there is anyone who will be able to allow the President or help the President live up to his goal and reach his goal of doubling exports in this country over the next five years, it's someone who's done it. So, Governor, we're delighted not only that you are now Secretary of Commerce but at such an important time for our country, as we grow, as we make investments, and new innovations - be it broadband, be it energy, be it education, be it health care. It's your job and certainly your task, and we are delighted to be partners with you here at the DLC in working to achieve that.

LOCKE: Nowadays you cannot be an innovator, or live in an innovative community, unless you have robust access to broadband connectivity. And at the Commerce Department we're the lead agency in the administration's $7.2 billion effort to expand high-speed Internet access throughout America.

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The private sector then will come in with billions of dollars in additional investments to connect or tap in to this federally funded Internet backbone and then the private sector will provide high-speed Internet service directly to homes or businesses.

And let’s remember that we don't promote innovation just for its own sake. We promote innovation because it has always been, and always will be, the prime driver of job creation in this country.

You can watch the full video here.