Lawmakers Sound Sympathetic to Internet Group

Internet giants will drive agenda in Congress

In a sign that Internet giants will help drive the agenda in Washington, more than half a dozen lawmakers representing both sides of the aisle today paid homage to the $8 trillion annual Internet industry—a part of the economy no lawmaker wants to disrupt, let alone upset.

Some of Congress' biggest names, including House minority whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House oversight chairman Darrell Issa (D-Calif.), either praised the Internet economy or connected their pet issues to the Internet during a set of panels sponsored by The Internet Association.

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