This country is going to become Greece, except we do not have the European Union to bail us out.
John Ensign
The Public Record
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I suggest we also consider alternative ways to support broadband deployment in high-cost and rural areas.
The FCC's plan advances some interesting ideas that should be explored, like limiting subsidies to one provider in a geographic area.
Universal service reform is an incredibly complex issue, yet it is a very important one for policymakers to understand.
Section 254 of the Communications Act specifically requires the FCC to use the Universal Service Fund to promote access to, and I quote, 'advanced telecommunications and information services to all regions of the Nation,' unquote.
I applaud the Chairman for starting a dialogue here in the Committee over how to best fix an out-of-date and sometimes broken program.
The people who live near there, their anthem is a master plan development that is right near there, about 12,000 residents. They are in overwhelming opposition.