Expanding Lifeline subsidies to broadband simply recognizes the reality of how people communicate today.
Brian Schatz: “Expanding Lifeline subsidies to broadband simply recognizes the reality of how people communicate today.”
On the recordJune 1, 2015
Source
congress.govEditor's note · Context
Schatz advocates for expanding Lifeline to include broadband services.
Share
More from Brian Schatz
Sep 25, 2026
Recent reports of security incidents with AI models make transparency and oversight all the more urgent.
Sep 25, 2026
Every day, we’re seeing new reports of AI models going rogue and hacking systems without our knowledge or oversight. The risks of AI are not theoretical – they are happening in real-time.
Sep 25, 2026
Hurricanes and floods and tornadoes and fires don’t pick and choose their targets based on how the last election went.
Sep 25, 2026
Congress passed a law to invest in saving lives, protecting the American people, and advancing our interests abroad; it did not hand Trump a checkbook to spend on whatever he pleases while blocking funding for everything else.





