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On the recordNovember 15, 2011
To those who say that a bill to stop online theft will break the Internet, I would like to point out that it is not likely to happen.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers counters concerns that anti-piracy legislation could harm Internet functionality.

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