Our international competitors will be the only benefactors if U.S. law prohibits American companies from competing in the global marketplace. EPIC is an advocacy leader in protecting the privacy and integrity of the Internet. Burns is the chief sponsor in the Senate of S.1726, a bill to reduce the restrictions on the export of encryption technology. He was also a leader in the fight for the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which opened up the industry to competition and innovation. Burns is the chairman of the Science, Technology, and Space subcommittee of the Commerce committee in the Senate.
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