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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate of September 9, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SD- 406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The…
Members of Congress have been good enough with their foresight, through their America Invents Act, to give us fee-setting authority.
Madam President, I rise today to talk about the transparency provisions in the USA FREEDOM Act. I am a proud cosponsor of Chairman Leahy's bill, and I am particularly proud to have written its key transparency provisions with my friend…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my counsel detailee, Helen Gilbert, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. President, I rise to talk about the transparency provisions in the USA FREEDOM Act. I am a proud cosponsor of Chairman Leahy's bill, and I am particularly proud to have written the key transparency provisions with my friend Senator…
In 2007, the Supreme Court decided that minimum resale price maintenance... should not be banned outright.
This has been a very good hearing and we've learned a lot.
So, when they go on 1-800 CONTACT LENS--we're going to say it as much, you know, for your marketing. So when they do that, they have to have a prescription with them to get it?
I am glad that Senator Blumenthal as a former Attorney General understands how important it is as well.
with more and more households cutting the cord on their landline phones, the FCC should take all necessary steps to prevent crammers from finding new opportunities with wireless bills.
I think you know our Attorney General in Minnesota, Laurie Swanson, has been very aggressive about these cases and worked hard on them.
So what are you--you have--I think I had asked someone else this before this hearing, but you have what percentage of the market?
Could I just say one more thing with these price--minimum price agreements? Like, how long do they last?
But that's going to be taken away with this?
So the reason was--or your belief and the reason was that you set these low minimum prices and then they're guaranteed to be passed on. Is that right?
Dr. Knight, what do you think the effect this is going to have on innovation to do this?
I have a lot of sympathy for our retailers like Best Buy and Target with this marketplace fairness issue.