02/26/2014
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"if you don't have the infrastructure Lifeline is maybe nice in theory but meaningless in practice."
"I am concerned about expansion of the Lifeline program to include broadband before additional reforms to curb fraud and abuse are implemented and shown to be effective."
"I hear more people complaining about people using these funds for illicit purposes versus legitimate purposes."
"There is serious concern that a failure to stand up in Moscow in Ukraine and elsewhere will invite Putin's adventurism in the Baltics--creating an Article 5 crisis for NATO."