text: This morning, I chaired an oversight hearing on the Lifeline program. Last year, the FCC spent $2.2 billion of your money on the program, and we have an obligation to make sure that money is being spent wisely.   The fund has increased 266 percent since 2008 and grown almost six-fold since 1998, all while the cost of phone service has gone down. Despite the limit of one subsidized subscriber per household, published reports suggest some subscribers have eight or more phones with subsidized service, with one woman saying that to get one ?ÛÏshe just goes across the street and gets it.?Û? One man has claimed to have a bag full of 20 phones on the program that he sells ?ÛÏfor about 10, 15, 20 bucks?Û? each. Our hearing today looked into what can be done to curb these kinds of potential abuses.  Click here to watch my opening statement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVz1aHib9B8