Catherine Cortez Masto actually said...

"I have long been troubled by the tenor of the Lifeline debate: there's a tendency to wage war on the poor, to demonize and make assumptions about Lifeline recipients."

"And I cannot sit here today, especially in this moment of rising white supremacy around the country and in the Oval Office, without directly confronting that these assumptions often have racist undert..."

"I call upon the Commission to undertake this fundamental analysis of the program."

"Unfortunately, as has been demonstrated time and time again, the FCC's Lifeline program has not lived up to this promise, especially to those that rely on these services."