OVERSIGHT HEARING on Universal Service Fund Reform: Ensuring a Sustainable and Connected Future for Native Communities

Date: June 7, 2012

Time: 2:15 PM

Location: Senate Dirksen

Room: 628

Witnesses

Ms. Mignon L. Clyburn

Commissioner

Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

Mr. Jonathan Adelstein

Administrator

Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Testimony

The Honorable Alfred LaPaz

Councilman

Mescalero Apache Tribe, Mescalero, NM

Testimony

Accompanied by Mr. Godfrey Enjady

General Manager

Mescalero Apache Telecom, Inc., Mescalero, NM

Mr. Steve Merriam

Chief Executive Officer and General Manager

Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative, Inc., Anchorage, AK

Testimony

Mr. Albert Hee

President

Sandwich Isles Communications, Honolulu, HI

Testimony

Ms. Shirley Bloomfield

Chief Executive Officer

National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Arlington, VA

Testimony