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Louie Gohmert: Well, it is going to be interesting, and this is a bit of a tangent, but because of what the gentlelady has pointed out…

On the recordMarch 25, 2014
Well, it is going to be interesting, and this is a bit of a tangent, but because of what the gentlelady has pointed out, this President has indicated he is going to turn over control of the Internet away from where it is now to an international confab that has been champing at the bit to have a chance to control the Internet. They have been hoping desperately that some day they would have something that everybody wanted to use so they could begin taxing it, charging fees to use the Internet. And once they could do that, then the international entity, like the U.N., wouldn't have to go begging to the different countries that make up its membership. They could require taxes and penalties to be paid in order to publish on the Internet, in order to send an email on the Internet. You could rack up taxes, and then they will be a permanent entity from now on once we give control of the Internet over to an international group that will have authority to tax those who want to publish online. So we are talking about the disaster that ObamaCare is, but that is where it is going.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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Mar 25, 2014

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