The FCC’s previous efforts to curb Lifeline program...
The FCC’s previous efforts to curb Lifeline program abuses “appear to be insufficient,” Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., told FCC acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn in a letter Thursday. A recent National Review article “suggests serious flaws in this program,” he added.…
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He called for information on what the FCC is doing now to curb abuses, citing recent accounts of people skirting the program’s eligibility requirements. He asked 10 questions of Clyburn, focusing on the processes for verifying eligibility and how FCC makes some of its choices regarding the program. Sessions is ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. The FCC has touted its efforts to reform the Lifeline program, intended to help people with low incomes, and crack down on abuse and waste throughout the last year. The FCC declined comment on the letter.