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But first of all , I want to thank my colleagues here from the Senate . 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 . The currrent funding level , however , is insufficient to meet the overwhelming need . Allowing for significantly higher contributions than some other options , from about $ 218,000 to $ 315,000 ( the maximum varies by state ) per child , a 529 plan can provide significant gift tax and estate planning benefits as well . Yet , if there is going to be such a large and significant federal program as this , it must have some basis for fiscal discipline and restraint , some basis for picking the " right " funding level . " We want to determine , once and for all , how clots form to block arteries and veins that lead to the heart and brain , " says Pascal Goldschmidt-Clermont , M.D ., associate professor of cardiology and director of the Thrombosis Center . And you , as someone well versed in this , know what to do . " After all , you do n't want to feel too deprived during the holidays-that might lead to depression , and that in turn can lead to overeating . However , during the first year of the program , 15 % of those who applied did not receive any funding at all , and there have been more applications filed this year than last year . After that , without any changes , incoming revenues will be enough to pay more than 70 % of benefits for decades to come . And some of the ideas announced today , like the one-click , automatic access , actually came up , first of all , in this room , around a table here in the Roosevelt Room two years ago . No , I do n't know if that is the right number either . For the following reasons , I disagree with the majority 's conclusion that the steps the Commission has taken thus far were necessary to assure that the schools and libraries funding mechanism was adequately funded and the program delivered efficiently . Rural , high-cost universal service should not be viewed as the residual after enormous amounts for other federal universal service obligations have been promised ; rural , high-cost universal service should receive the lion 's share of any increase in the federal universal service fund . As a result of intensive , ongoing talks with the Internet industry , Congressional leaders , and public citizens ' groups , and others who are concerned about this , the industry is , today , creating a new Parents ' Protection Page , which will appear on virtually every Internet starting point automatically by this July - - two months from now . Well , I am here today to do just that , to address an unfunded mandate that our constituents pay for every month in their phone bills , the E-rate program , sometimes known as the ` Gore Tax , ' because it has garnered the Vice President 's support . In so doing , Congress recognized that , by facilitating the deployment of advancedtechnologies to America 's classrooms , the schools and libraries support mechanism represents a direct and vital investment in the community .