Thank you very much, Senator Hatch, and it is always good to do things on a bipartisan basis around here, and I am glad ...
I am very glad about that, and I think this has been really helpful.
We look forward to working with you.
In Minnesota, we are, as Senator Klobuchar alluded to, fortunate that we have tighter restrictions and regulations on sc...
Senator Hatch and I have introduced a bill that would place modest but important recordkeeping requirements on metal dea...
Today we have a hearing with three goals: The first is to review the scale and scope of the metal theft problem as a cri...
Today's hearing will examine the problem of metal theft in our country, the public hazards that this crime creates, and ...
The Klobuchar-Hatch bill puts recordkeeping requirements on scrap yards and metal dealers, and I believe it is an effect...
I believe that we have enjoyed the--'enjoyed' probably is not the best word, but we have benefited from the tougher rest...
I think that it would go a long way in solving a problem.
How about the idea of some kind of increased criminal penalties for this kind of activity?
I know and we know that the recordkeeping and retention requirements in the Klobuchar-Hatch bill will not end all metal ...
We are simply trying to get the information that we can get so that we can help law enforcement to solve them.
I hope they do that in politics, too.
I'm a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and have been closely monitoring the work that the FTC is do...
I think it is also important to consider that these crimes... do have some effect or disruption on instrumentalities of ...
I will never forget testifying at the legislature about this, and we actually had a case I was able to show.
to be sure, it must be coupled with legislation like we have here today in order to truly combat that problem.
