Enforcement of our antitrust laws must be oriented to help foster innovative technologies and enhance consumer welfare.

So the impact on independent labels and unsigned artists would not necessarily be a negative one, in your opinion?

We need to be plainspoken about our concerns on human rights.

I continue to follow closely how the USPTO plans to implement the supplemental examination provisions of the America Invents Act.

During consideration of the America Invents Act, I joined 47 of my colleagues in supporting Senator Coburn's amendment in which user fees would go directly into a revolving fund for the USPTO, separate from annual appropriations.

A number of individuals and organizations, including some Members of Congress, the FTC, and industry groups, have expressed some concern to the International Trade Commission regarding the use of exclusion orders in cases involving…

waiting until an always-difficult lame duck session may establish inaction as the default position, which could lead the Nation directly over the fiscal cliff.

I believe we need to act well before the end of this year, preferably before autumn when we are likely to see layoffs in defense and other industries begin.

This is not the time to privilege election-year talking points and political brinkmanship over economic growth.

It is far past time that Congress and the President act to right our fiscal ship.

we urge Congress to act quickly

it would be difficult to be more wrong than the recommendation I just described.

I think it is also important that the Congress stand up for itself and not allow an Administration--I don't care which party it is involved with--allow just simple rulemaking to push through the process and not allow the back and forth and…

I have some reluctance to see Congress weigh in on these issues in a heavy regulatory manner because we don't work at Internet speed.

Only someone who is entirely out of touch with the plight of Americans could read these numbers and conclude that the private sector is doing just fine.

We should not create an image of an America that cannot even avoid this quite cataclysmic set of self-imposed problems.

I think we have to follow the law and insist that those that have come here illegally ultimately return home, apply, get in line with everyone else. Return home and get in line, at the back of the line, with everybody else that wants to…

The question is, if I were elected and Congress were to pass the DREAM Act, would I veto it, and the answer is yes.