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David Schweikert: “If we had had net neutrality from the Obama administration…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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Congressman David Schweikert: America Is Dying And What To Do About It

Published | Video Starts at 1:01:37

And then this guy named President Trump comes back in, he puts actually sort of a pro market person to head the fcc. And all of a sudden the investment goes spiking way back up. There's some great models out there. If we had had net neutrality from the Obama administration to when the pandemic hit, you wouldn't have worked at home because the Internet would have been so damn slow. Wow. And. But it's an example of. And yet what happened is there were such huge investments put back into the Internet and the fiber and the pipes. (1:01:37–1:01:48)

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Asserts that maintaining net neutrality would have slowed internet speeds, affecting remote work during the pandemic.

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