FCC votes to limit program funding internet access for low income communities
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took steps Thursday to roll back Lifeline — a program that subsidizes broadband and phone service for low income households.
The FCC voted in a 3-2 split along party lines favoring Republicans to reform the program during the agency’s monthly open meeting.
Republicans, including Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), praised the agency’s decision to begin pushing the program towards jurisdiction of the states.
“States play an important role in preventing waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs, in addition to ensuring that people have access to essential communications services,” Wicker said in a statement on Thursday.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said before the vote that the purpose of the changes would help reduce “waste, fraud, and abuse that continue to plague the Lifeline program.”
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/360818-fcc-moves-to-limit-program-funding-internet-access-for-low-income
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