Title: Re: [isp-wireless] USF fund reform
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- Original Message -
From:
Frannie
Wellings
To: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 ; isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 7:05
AM
Subject: Re: [isp-wireless] USF fund
reform
Hi,
I can give you the names of some supportive members of Congress and some
bill names. Below I'll copy a list of members on the two committees. When
calling legislators people could just say what their key interest is, for
example, that they support expansion of USF to broadband.
The Senate side is more promising, but not as straightforward - lots of
bills. The House side is less promising for moving a bill forward on
USF.
Let's start with the House where USF supporters are representatives
Boucher (D-VA) and Terry (R-NE). Their bill is the Universal Service
Reform Act of 2006. The difficulty in the House is that the Chairman of the
House committee, Joe Barton, does not like USF. He and members of this
committee could use some calls with your input.
The Senate is different. USF has wide support on the Commerce Committee.
Its chairman, Ted Stevens (R-AK), is a big supporter of USF and expansion to
broadband. Other committee members supporting USF include Senators Burns
(R-MT), Lott (R-MI), Dorgan (D-ND), Snowe (R-ME), Rockefeller (D-WV), and
Pryor (D-AR). Two of the bills in the Senate involving USF are:
the Universal Service for the 21st Century Act, S
1583, introduced by Senators Smith, Dorgan and Pryor,
and the Internet and Universal Service Act of 2006, S
2256, introduced by Senator Burns.
Here's the testimony we gave at the recent Senate hearing on USF
distributions:
http://www.freepress.net/docs/Scott_USF_testimony.pdf
Hope some of this is helpful and I send apologies that it's not more
concise - we were working until 4:30am last night and my brain's a little
fried. I've pasted below a list of Senate Commerce Committee members and
another list of House Energy and Commerce Committee members.
Best,
Frannie
Senate Commerce Committee Members:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/committees.tt?commid=scomm
* Ted Stevens - Alaska
(Chairman)
Hart 522
202-224-3004
* Daniel K. Inouye - Hawaii
(Ranking Member)
Hart 722
202-224-3934
* John McCain -
Arizona Russell 241
202-224-2235 * Conrad Burns -
Montana Dirksen 187
202-224-2644 * Trent Lott -
Mississippi Russell 487
202-224-6253 * Kay Bailey Hutchison -
Texas Russell 284
202-224-5922 * Olympia Snowe -
Maine Russell 154
202-224-5344 * Gordon Smith -
Oregon Russell 404
202-224-3753 * John Ensign -
Nevada Russell 364
202-224-6244 * George Allen -
Virginia Russell 204
202-224-4024 * John Sununu - New
Hampshire Russell 111
202-224-2841 * Jim DeMint - South
Carolina Russell 340
202-224-6121 * David Vitter - Louisiana
Hart
516 202-224-4623
* John D. Rockefeller IV - West
Virginia Hart 531
202-224-6472 * John F. Kerry -
Massachussetts Russell 304
202-224-2742 * Byron L. Dorgan - North
Dakota Hart 322
202-224-2551 * Barbara Boxer -
California Hart 112
202-224-3553 * Bill Nelson -
Florida Hart 716
202-224-5274 * Maria Cantwell -
Washington Hart 717
202-224-3441 * Frank Lautenberg - New
Jersey Hart 324
202-224-3224 * E. Benjamin Nelson -
Nebraska Hart 720
202-224-6551 * Mark Pryor - Arkansas
Russell
217 202-224-2353
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Members:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/committees.tt?commid=hcomm
Joe Barton, TexasChairman
John D. Dingell, Michigan
Ranking Member
Ralph M. Hall, TexasMichael
Bilirakis, Florida
Vice ChairmanFred Upton,
MichiganCliff Stearns, FloridaPaul E. Gillmor,
OhioNathan Deal, GeorgiaEd Whitfield, KentuckyCharlie
Norwood, GeorgiaBarbara Cubin, WyomingJohn Shimkus,
IllinoisHeather Wilson, New MexicoJohn B. Shadegg,
ArizonaCharles "Chip" Pickering, MississippiVice
ChairmanVito Fossella, New York
Roy Blunt, MissouriSteve Buyer,
IndianaGeorge Radanovich, CaliforniaCharles F. Bass, New
HampshireJoseph R. Pitts, PennsylvaniaMary Bono,
CaliforniaGreg Walden, OregonLee Terry, NebraskaMike
Ferguson, New JerseyMike Rogers, MichiganC.L. "Butch" Otter,
IdahoSue Myrick, North CarolinaJohn Sullivan,
OklahomaTim Murphy, PennsylvaniaMichael Burgess,
Texas
Marsha Blackburn,
Tennessee Henry A.
Waxman, CaliforniaEdward J. Markey, MassachusettsRick Boucher,
VirginiaEdolphus Towns, New YorkFrank Pallone Jr., New
JerseySherrod Brown, OhioBart Gordon, TennesseeBobby
L.
