"Sanctions policy in Russia has been a complete and total failure."
"That when things do suffer, it really, really affects the quality of life for those who are sometimes languishing in our nursing homes."
"Americans, especially older and lower-income consumers, are paying more for their phone bills, even as the fund grows less solvent."
"We learned that with Comcast/Netflix dispute in 2014-2015 when Comcast changed the fees they were charging to Netflix."
"Universal Service Fund is simply not on the sustainable fiscal trajectory for a simple reason."
"It's like taxing horseshoes to pay for the highway system, right, and the results are disastrous."
"When you start taxing one part of the network and not another, there are unintended consequences."
"I think that it is just simply a question of maybe we should go the extra mile to ensure the people who receive the benefits that are owed to American citizens are actually American citizens."
"I think it destroys the political will for these programs when we extend them to people who are not even citizens in the country."
"We do not want to be cruel to people. There is no reason to deny benefits for the sake of denying benefits."
"I think they should go to American citizens."