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Mike Lee: “In its 2015 Open Internet Order, the FCC claimed its unprecedented and sweeping Title II reclassification was necessary…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2017
In its 2015 Open Internet Order, the FCC claimed its unprecedented and sweeping Title II reclassification was necessary because broadband providers, to quote the order, 'have the incentive and ability to limit,' close quote, the openness of the internet, the extent to which it's open.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Senator Lee critiques the FCC's justification for Title II reclassification.

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