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McConnell Responds to President's Net Neutrality Announcement

Statement

Date: Nov. 10, 2014
Location: Louisville, KY
Issues: Technology and Communication Business and Consumers

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement in response to President Obama's announcement calling for additional Net Neutrality regulations:

"The growth of the Internet and the rapid adoption of mobile technology have been great American success stories, made possible by a light regulatory touch. This approach has freed innovators to develop and sell the products people want--and create jobs in the process--without waiting around for government permission. The President's decision today to abandon this successful approach in favor of more heavy-handed regulation that will stifle innovation and concentrate more power in the hands of Washington bureaucrats is a terrible idea. The Commission would be wise to reject it."


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