STATEMENT OF FCC CHAIRMAN REED HUNDT 
     REGARDING EDUCATION FUNDING PROPOSAL FROM CHAIRMAN TAUZIN
                            MAY 14, 1997
                                  

           Chairman Tauzin's announcement demonstrates an increasing bipartisan
agreement on the necessity of connecting schools and classrooms, libraries and rural health
care providers to the information highway.
           Congress told the FCC to use universal service techniques to provide networks
in all classrooms and for all rural health care clinics.  We've done that. It's great to see more
ideas for funding this goal at the necessary levels set by our rules.

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