U.S. politicians lashed at EU's ruling against Microsoft
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U.S. politicians lashed out Wednesday at the European Union's decision to seek sanctions against Microsoft, asking regulators in Brussels to reconsider their decision to levy an unprecedented fine of $613 million.
In a letter to European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti, 10 members of the House International Relations committee said the federal litigation against Microsoft had resolved outstanding antitrust problems and jointly cautioned that it was of the "utmost importance" that the U.S. continue to take the lead in overseeing American companies' business practices.
The letter, signed by five Democrats and five Republicans, noted that "this case involves a U.S. company, that the complaining parties in the E.U. were primarily U.S. companies and that all of the relevant design decisions occurred in the United States." The signers included Robert Wexler, D-Fl., Dan Burton, R-Ind., Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Steve Chabot, R-Ohio.