thieves are more likely to target utilities that are located in cities or suburbs rather than rural areas.
to be sure, it must be coupled with legislation like we have here today in order to truly combat that problem.
I will never forget testifying at the legislature about this, and we actually had a case I was able to show.
I think it is also important to consider that these crimes... do have some effect or disruption on instrumentalities of ...
We are simply trying to get the information that we can get so that we can help law enforcement to solve them.
I know and we know that the recordkeeping and retention requirements in the Klobuchar-Hatch bill will not end all metal ...
How about the idea of some kind of increased criminal penalties for this kind of activity?
I think that it would go a long way in solving a problem.
I believe that we have enjoyed the--'enjoyed' probably is not the best word, but we have benefited from the tougher rest...
The Klobuchar-Hatch bill puts recordkeeping requirements on scrap yards and metal dealers, and I believe it is an effect...
I think that forcing or mandatorily forcing some restrictions on the scrap metal dealers is a good thing.
Both Senator Hatch and I have made statements that we do not see it that way.
However, to effectively stem metal theft across the country, Congress must act to ensure that these crimes do not find t...
The Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association supported tougher laws and restrictions on scrap metal dealers and were instr...
I would look at it two ways. One is the penalties, but the other is to try to stop them from basically selling their war...
We think these measures would help us to catch them.
I am very glad about that, and I think this has been really helpful.
the fact that 95.1 percent of utility companies had experienced copper theft in the past year; that 86.6 percent of util...
