WASHINGTON—Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the reported hate crime shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California:

WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in advance of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s April 3 budget hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. Pai has reportedly proposed to cap the Universal Service Fund programs, which provide essential funding for affordable telecommunications services for low-income households, including Lifeline:

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference Education Fund today launched a new campaign, “New Era of Public Safety” featuring groundbreaking tools to increase trust, fairness, justice, and mutual respect between police departments and the communities they serve.