Senate Subcommittee To Examine Lifeline
The Senate Communications Subcommittee plans a hearing June 2 on improving the accountability and effectiveness of the FCC's Lifeline program. Witnesses are CTIA Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Scott Bergman; Florida Public Service Commissioner Ronald Brise; GAO’s Michael Clements, an acting director…
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focused on physical infrastructure issues; National Hispanic Media Coalition General Counsel Jessica Gonzalez; and Free State Foundation President Randolph May. The hearing will look at FCC “progress in reforming Lifeline, a government program that subsidizes monthly telephone services for eligible low-income participants, and how to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in the program,” said a news release from Subcommittee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss. “The hearing follows a recent report" from GAO, "which made several recommendations regarding the efficiency and effectiveness of the program,” the release noted. The hearing will be at 9:30 a.m. in 253 Russell.