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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should "Get…

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way".

Introduced: September 17, 2008 Introduced by: Latta, Robert E. Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov
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Sep 17, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Sep 17, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 17, 2008
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Declares that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that, in order to continue aggressive growth in our nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the U.S. government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way" by: (1) promoting investment through deregulation and free-market competition; (2) reforming the Universal Service Fund and encouraging broadband deployment in rural unserved and underserved areas through public-private partnerships; (3) making additional spectrum available for commercial use through unencumbered auctions; (4) establishing a national goal of transmitting high-quality, real-time voice, data, graphics, and video at increasingly higher speeds to all people in the United States; (5) reforming our patent and trademark system to protect leading innovators' intellectual property; and (6) ensuring individual privacy without compromising market efficiencies.

What's happening now September 17, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1457: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way".. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1457/
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"H. Res. 1457: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way".." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1457/.
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H. Res. 1457, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1457/.
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[H. Res. 1457: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in our Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way".](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1457/)
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