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A House GOP freshman wants to stop giving free cellphones to the...

A House GOP freshman wants to stop giving free cellphones to the poor under the Universal Service Fund Lifeline/Link-Up program. Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas is introducing legislation to end the subsidy as part of House Republicans’ YouCut campaign, he…

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said on a YouTube video posted last week (http://xrl.us/bk3ufh). “This cellphone program is growing” and GAO has warned of “waste, fraud and abuse,” Farenthold said. The bill hasn’t been introduced, and his office didn’t respond to a request for comment.