I appreciate that very much, and, again, my friend's son and my friend's family, they have been through a lot of stress already with approved drugs.

And so, this is an important topic--and I know all of you have struggled with this issue, and we will continue to struggle with this issue, I think, as we work through this particular situation.

we do not believe that courts should seek to resolve issues of 21st century technology with law that was written in the era of the adding machine.

we, therefore, agree wholeheartedly with Apple that the right place to bring this discussion is here, to the House of Representatives and the Senate.

It is not up to an executive agency to determine law or intent. It is up to this Congress to do so.

I would add to that, that by some of the memos here I have in front of me, there is an indication that perhaps just valuable evidence in a criminal investigation might be delayed as long as 10 months.

So that would imply that there are many criminals going free because of these delays.

I would say putting together insurance on this is a very difficult proposition.

I think we have done a reasonable job of reacting to it and overcoming that challenge.

Well, we will----be happy to help them if you give us the permission and the capacity.

the decision to enter into a settlement agreement with the Humane Society of the United States and other Plaintiffs/Petitioners was made in concert with the pork industry

You shouldn't state that we are not championing this when we, in fact, are.

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