John Ratcliffe: “I can't remember the exact year that Al Gore invented the Internet…”

On the recordJuly 5, 2016

I can't remember the exact year that Al Gore invented the Internet, but I'm pretty sure it was after 1934.

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Ratcliffe highlights the outdated basis for FCC's regulation of the Internet.

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John Ratcliffe: “I can't remember the exact year that Al Gore invented the Internet, but I'm pretty sure it was after 1934.”