STATEMENT OF
COMMISSIONER ROBERT M. McDOWELL

Re:	Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, WC Docket No. 12-375

       I am pleased to support this interstate prison phone rulemaking which will refresh the record and allow the Commission to evaluate these issues with updated data.  I commend Commissioner Clyburn for her diligence on these issues, and I look forward to working with all of my colleagues and the full range of stakeholders.  As the record develops, I will focus, in particular, on the Commission’s legal authority.


	Federal Communications Commission	FCC 12-167