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On the recordJune 14, 2016
The bottom line is that the Internet is the shipping lane of the 21st century, and every business in this country, in one way or another, is digital.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden emphasizes the importance of the Internet for modern businesses.

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