Thank you. Wrote. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for holding an open and public hearing. Myself withto align the senators. Everyone in this room and other senators know i represent the nationals 38 and he. People get up every day. We have seen the revelations of eric snowden and we are not here to debate whether he was a traitor or a whistleblower. But i will say this. I am deeply disturbed that, while i support the need to review the to 15 project, to actually even examine it, i do not see the continual immunization of the nationals cured agency, whether in the media or in other forms. National security agency, whether in the media or in other forms. People do a whole host of other things to keep america safe. Eric snowden had his time. He gets an hour on tv. Row from brian williams. We ought to say to the National Security staff, that while we looked at the persecution a la the of other issues here, that we do not i have always maintained our must be constitutional, legal, authorize
Internet. I assume what you are touching on is when countries like europe are razil and others applying various restrictions access to nities for our Digital Goods and services us to makes it hard for have that seamless internet. Flesh out that concept if you the balkanization of the internet. Because i think it is important really understand the implications of the economic arm being done to the american bra brand. Your companies have gone to Great Lengths to constantly innovate, by and large they like to be left alone by government. That is an accurate statement. Be left alone and innovate. D about john claim those who are up in arms. Flesh out how these overly broad practices have damaged companies and what you mean by balkanization of the internet that you feel has taken place. And i feel so strongly about im investigating it as chairman of the finance committee because i think this implications on the Global Competitiveness of some most important companies. Thank you, we appreciat