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On the recordMay 23, 2016
What I do dismiss, however, is this notion that if we somehow don't do it on this accelerated timeframe, then the world is going to rebel.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio rejects the idea that delaying Internet governance changes will provoke global backlash.

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