name, would be insulting to hawaiian people. martha: so the federal communications commission is now strongly defending its $2.2 billion program that has become in, known as the obama phone program. acting ftc chair mignon clyburn firing back at conserve i was that the lifeline program is a government handout and claims president ronald reagan would actually be proud of this subsidy. listen. now that i have assurance, i can call our doctor. with assurance wireless in washington you get a free phone and 250 fry voice minutes each month. now that we have assurance, we can keep in touch with our grandchildren. martha: that s nice, right? sounds like a good thing. the program was established in fact during the reagan presidency in 1984. however the cell phone part did not kick in until 2005 in the lifeline program. matt mccall, president of penn