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On the recordFebruary 4, 2013
I double down on what Mr. Poe said. This is the committee that when the Internet first got started...offered the amendment that passed that we would have no regulation of the Internet here in the United States and no taxation.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton recalls the committee's historical stance on Internet regulation.

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