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Latta Responds to FCC's Telephone Service Rate Increases for Rural Customers

Washington, March 24, 2014 | Sarah Criser (202-225-6405)

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) today issued the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) reforms to  the Universal Service Fund, which will increase telephone service rates for customers in rural areas, like Ohio's Fifth Congressional District: 

"As Co-Chairman of the Rural Telecom Working Group, I am extremely concerned about the impact increased universal service rates will have on my constituents in Ohio's Fifth Congressional District and across rural America," said Latta. "This will only exacerbate the challenges this population already faces in obtaining quality telecommunications services and potentially threatens critical gains made in expanding access to advanced technological services for those living and working in these areas. The FCC should take immediate steps to address this issue and ensure it implements policies that actually support and advance the goal of the universal service fund rather than thwart it."

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