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Mike Lee: “A Federal privacy law here, because of the nature of the Internet and the nature of these phones which travel across…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2018
A Federal privacy law here, because of the nature of the Internet and the nature of these phones which travel across state lines as you talk on them, it is an interstate service and therefore should be regulated by Congress.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Lee argues for federal regulation of privacy due to interstate nature of the Internet.

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