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Gary Peters: “I would welcome that. In fact, as you know, we had in a full Committee hearing talked about the Lifeline program and…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2017
I would welcome that. In fact, as you know, we had in a full Committee hearing talked about the Lifeline program and where you have individual companies that were claiming that they had customers when, in fact, they did not, which is inexcusable.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters emphasizes the need to address fraudulent claims by companies in the Lifeline program.

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