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On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
clearly consumers feel that net neutrality is important because all of us have heard from hundreds, and hundreds, and hundreds of our constituents who have said, make sure that we are not going to create an environment where they are going to have to pay differential rates for access to the Internet.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono emphasizes the importance of net neutrality based on constituent feedback.

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