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ISSA Statement on Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Manager's Amendment

Statement

Date: Dec. 13, 2011
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Technology and Communication

House Judiciary Committee Member Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement on introduction of a manager's amendment to H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Issa will formally introduce alternative, bicameral and bipartisan legislation Wednesday. Learn more at KeepTheWebOPEN.com:

"The manager's amendment retains the fundamental flaws of its predecessor by blocking Americans' ability to access websites, imposing costly regulation on web companies and giving Attorney General Eric Holder's Department of Justice broad new powers to police the internet."


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