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Fred Upton: “I am troubled by the chairman's insistence on attempting to regulate the Internet under rules that were informed by 19th…”

On the recordMay 19, 2014
I am troubled by the chairman's insistence on attempting to regulate the Internet under rules that were informed by 19th century railroad regulations.
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Fred Upton
Republican · Michigan

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Upton is concerned about outdated regulations being applied to modern Internet governance.

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