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06/23/2016
House Oversight Hearing Scheduled for FCC Commissioners
Citing its investigation into waste, fraud and abuse in the Lifeline low-income Universal Service Fund program,the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Communications Subcommittee has scheduled an FCC oversight hearing, one of numerous FCC oversight hearings Republicans have called since the first of the year.
The subcommittee said the July 12 hearing will feature all five commissioners. It left no doubt about where Republican leadership stands on the program. The hearing notice said the members of the committee "will seek an update from the commissioners on the mismanagement of the Lifeline program."
