The Internet was developed in large part by U.S. government research funding to develop new communications networks, starting with a network created by the Department of Defense.

Tenure
Hayes is a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of online poker. His parents were Robert Griffith Hayes Jr.

For five terms from 1999 to 2009 he represented North Carolina's 8th congressional district in the House of Representatives. Robert Cannon "Robin" Hayes (born August 14 1945) is the current chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party.