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Joe Scarborough: “We go to support for Internet and other interstate commerce, and it says nothing in this act may be construed to permit…”

On the recordAugust 3, 1999
We go to support for Internet and other interstate commerce, and it says nothing in this act may be construed to permit State regulation or taxation of Internet services or any other related interstate telecommunications, and it is important for us to differentiate here that we are talking about the actual Internet service itself or the telecommunication service and not the goods that are sold over the Internet.
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Joe Scarborough
Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing state regulation and taxation of Internet services during a legislative debate.

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