STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O’RIELLY 
Re: Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45; Federal-State Joint 
Board on Jurisdictional Separations, CC Docket No. 80-286; Federal-State Joint Conference on 
Advanced Telecommunications Services, CC Docket No. 99-294
I welcome my colleague, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, to the Federal-State Joint Board on 
Universal Service and the Federal-State Joint Board on Jurisdictional Separations. As Chairman of these 
Boards, I have sought to pursue policies that both protect ratepayers and ensure the continued progress of 
broadband deployment. While we lose the Chairman’s direct participation on the Boards, we will all 
benefit from Commissioner Carr’s experience and thoughtfulness on these critical issues.  In addition, I 
appreciate the addition of Commissioners Carr and Rosenworcel to the Joint Conference on Advanced 
Telecommunications Services, as it seeks to define its mission for the future.