Political Quotes

On the recordJune 30, 2014
I think you gave a lot of people hope that we are going to keep the Internet open and accessible.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Welch expresses gratitude to Leahy for his legislation supporting an open Internet.

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