Verizon Statement on Universal Service Legislation
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Posted on July 22, 2010 at 2:35:01 PM
Verizon Statement on Universal Service Legislation
WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., and Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., introduced legislation on Thursday (July 22) to update the Universal Service Fund. The following is a statement on the legislation by Peter Davidson, Verizon senior vice president of federal government relations:
"We congratulate Chairman Boucher and Representative Terry for their leadership in crafting legislation to update universal service for a broadband era. They recognize the universal service program was designed for a different time and that with consumers shouldering its ever-increasing costs, reform is overdue. Consistently adding around 15 percent to consumers' bills is not a sustainable path. This legislation is the result of Chairman Boucher's painstaking efforts to reach out to all stakeholders and find consensus on a complicated issue. We endorse this legislation, support its passage and will continue to cooperate as this legislation makes its way through Congress."
Source: Verizon
CONTACT: David Fish of Verizon, +1-202-515-2514,
david.m.fish@verizon.com
Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html
WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., and Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., introduced legislation on Thursday (July 22) to update the Universal Service Fund. The following is a statement on the legislation by Peter Davidson, Verizon senior vice president of federal government relations:
"We congratulate Chairman Boucher and Representative Terry for their leadership in crafting legislation to update universal service for a broadband era. They recognize the universal service program was designed for a different time and that with consumers shouldering its ever-increasing costs, reform is overdue. Consistently adding around 15 percent to consumers' bills is not a sustainable path. This legislation is the result of Chairman Boucher's painstaking efforts to reach out to all stakeholders and find consensus on a complicated issue. We endorse this legislation, support its passage and will continue to cooperate as this legislation makes its way through Congress."
Source: Verizon
CONTACT: David Fish of Verizon, +1-202-515-2514,
david.m.fish@verizon.com
Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html