Rural Telecom Associations Send Letters to Commerce Committees on USF and Deficit Reduction

Today, WTA, NTCA and OPASTCO sent letters (click here for an example) to the Leadership of the Senate and House Commerce Committees requesting that in their upcoming recommendations to the Select Committee they include specific language outlining why USF is separate and distinct from the U.S. Treasury and why the panel should refrain from the further consideration of the privately held USF as a source of federal debt reduction.  The associations also issued a press release.