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John Barrasso: “Undersea cables carry 99% of the world's Internet traffic.”

Featuring: John Barrasso, Republican | U.S. Senate Wyoming

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Barrasso Urges Senate Passage of Strategic Subsea Cables Act

Published | Video Starts at 01:05

These cables would reach nearly a million miles. It's far greater than the distance that the Artemis II traveled from the Earth to the moon and back again here on Earth. The Undersea cables carry 99% of the world's Internet traffic. They also support $10 trillion in financial transactions each and every day. Undersea cables are essential for our economy, our military, our communications, and our daily lives. And I'm a doctor. (01:05–01:11)

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Asserts that undersea cables are responsible for nearly all global Internet traffic.

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