QUAD CITIES, Ill. (KWQC) - Illinois Congressman Eric Sorensen reintroduced two bipartisan bills to help improve internet access in rural communities.

In a press conference Monday, he discussed the Rural Broadband Assistance Act and ReConnecting Rural America Act.

Sorensen said these pieces of legislation aim to limit disruptions on rural community’s daily lives.

“It’s not just children doing homework. It’s senior citizens that are doing those doctor’s visits from home now on their smartphones. We can’t do precision agriculture if you don’t have broadband. And so this really puts us at a disservice if we can’t get something like this done,” he said.

The first piece of legislation aim to help smaller communities hire grant writers.

“Quite simply, what we know now is not every city in our district, in Illinois 17 can afford to have or hire a grant writer,” Sorensen said. “In fact, there are many of those folks that need to write the grants that are driving the lawnmower in in the City Park today.”

The second piece of legislation aims to strengthen the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Reconnect program.

“I’m thinking about how we can make sure that Morrison has what it needs, how can we make sure that Mount Carroll and Savannah and Monmouth have what they need to succeed,” he said.

Rep. Eric Sorensen held a town hall after his rural broadband bill was reintroduced in the House. He says it'll help students, seniors and farmers.

The ReConnecting Rural America Act was introduced by Iowa Rep. Zach Nunn.