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Hatch Pokes Fun at Gore.

Multichannel News, March, 1999

WASHTNGTON -- Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), in a speech about the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case, continued the Republican campaign of teasing Vice President Al Gore for claiming that he created the Internet. Hatch, a Microsoft critic, called on Gore to state his views on the case before the time comes when Congress might have to pass legislation to curb the software giant's influence over the Internet industry.

"After all, doesn't the father of the Internet have a view on who should be able to control his creation?" Hatch said in a Senate floor speech on March 8. Two weeks ago, Gore told Cable News Network's Wolf Blitzer that while serving in Congress, "I took the initiative in creating the Internet." In fact, the...

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