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We are so far , at this moment , from having true integration of technology into learning that I ca n't imagine that we are going be successful in five years . And with the " death of distance , " educational and economic opportunities will become available locally and families will be able to comfortably stay on the land on which they've lived for generations . Nor , does the bill apply to software ( although it does cover databases included in software ) . " While I certainly agree that the Commission should not collect any revenues that would cause long distance rates to " increase , " I remain frustrated that the majority assumes that any reduction in access charges should be " used " for new universal service programs , instead of turning any of the reductions back to consumers . The federal government will now be providing telecommunications subsidies for schools and libraries of around 60 percent ( although they will range from 20 percent to 90 percent ) .6 The government will also provide subsidies to rural health care providers ( Table 2 provides CBO 's estimate of these particular subsidies , while Table 3 provides OMB 's estimate for total Universal Service Fund outlays ) . " Although stopping smoking would prevent a large number of cases of head and neck cancer each year , this study indicates that a group of older patients would continue to develop the disease spontaneously , " says Wayne M. Koch , M.D ., the study 's lead author and associate professor of otolaryngology . The highest acceptable normal temperature of 98.6 degrees has been reexamined in recent years and put at 99.9 degrees by a 1992 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association . The new finding , combined with earlier research linking the planum with language skills and schizophrenialike symptoms , strongly suggests that problems in the planum are closely linked to schizophrenia , Pearlson says . " With remote access to data becoming an increasingly vital tool for mobile professionals , AT & T 's new data pricing plan allows the user to utilize their investment in wireless technology with less regard to access costs . Again , while we may differ on the merits of a spending program , consumers are entitled to know when they're being taxed , and for what purpose . But the long distance companies , while facing no regulatory barriers to entering the local market , have only done so in a narrowly targeted fashion . Although current Commission rules cap the program at $ 2.25 billion or demand , the report indicates that the Commission will seek comment on whether the amount collected this year should equal demand or " be limited to an amount that does not cause long distance rates to increase . So , I want to again thank the Internet industry - - 95 percent of which is involved in this , and represented here - - for taking the important steps forward that are being announced here today . We see this in the Florida Public Schools where Melinda Crowley told us that the computers they've purchased in that state with e-rate money now " train kids to be critical thinkers . " I believe that the goals of the Schools and Libraries Program are laudable , although Congress did not authorize the construction subsidies it now entails , " Burns said . And neither should we allow young children to roam unsupervised on the Information Superhighway . But , is this rhetoric warranted if we are not talking about eliminating , but rather limiting , the program , at least while we attend to other , languishing aspects of universal service ? Buried in the Report is the proposition that a $ 700 million reduction in access charges will yield $ 848 million in additional funds for schools and libraries .