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http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/278969-overnight-tech-tech-companies-expand-lobbying-efforts

Joint hearing planned on International Internet regulation: Two House subcommittees will hold a joint hearing next month to examine international efforts to regulate the Internet.

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), chairman of the House subcommittee on Communications and Technology, told reporters on Wednesday that his panel will hold the hearing on Feb. 5 with the House Foreign Affairs Committee's subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade.