The FCC’s Inspector General discovered that improper payments in the Lifeline program rose from $40.65 million in Fiscal 2016 to $336.39 million in 2017.
'Senate Democrats have shown their willingness to shut down the government in lieu of spending nearly $6 billion on a border wall, but compare that price tag to some of the other expenditures the government funds.'
Pritzker said after a campaign event with Hillary Clinton on Monday that the inspector general’s report was leaked in the leadup to the November election for 'clearly political purposes.'