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Chair calls for reexamination of Universal Service Fund to ensure long-term sustainability
Energy and Commerce: House Committee · January 14, 2026
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Summary
The subcommittee chair said the Universal Service Fund helps bring broadband to rural and low-income communities, noted the Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality, and urged Congress to revisit what USF supports and how it is funded to ensure sustainability.
The chair told the Energy and Commerce oversight hearing he is part of a bipartisan, bicameral Universal Service Fund working group and described the fund's role "support[ing] broadband access to high cost rural areas to schools and libraries, rural…
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