I want to commend Mr. Latham for introducing this important legislation and Chairman Combest for bringing it to the floor today.

When all these factors are added together, the bottom line is clear: it is time to consider new federal legislation to protect developers who place their materials in interstate commerce against piracy and unfair competition.

Mr. Speaker, today I am proud to introduce the 'Collections of Information Antipiracy Act,' a bill to encourage continued investment in the production and distribution of valuable new collections of information.

U.S. firms have been the world leaders in this field. They have brought to market a wide range of valuable collections of information that meet the information needs of businesses, professionals, researchers, and consumers worldwide.

The ``Collections of Information Antipiracy Act'' would prohibit the misappropriation of valuable commercial collections of information by unscrupulous competitors who grab data collected by others, repackage it, and market a product that…

I promise once again to listen to every constructive suggestion, and use every effort to craft a solution which bridges the producer and user communities.

The Collections of Information Antipiracy Act is a balanced proposal. It is aimed at actual or threatened competitive injury from misappropriation of collections of information or their contents, not at uses which do not affect…

Mr. Speaker, today I am proud to introduce the ``Collections of Information Antipiracy Act,'' a bill to encourage continued investment in the production and distribution of valuable new collections of information.

These information products put a wealth of data at the fingertips of business people, professionals, scientists, scholars, and consumers, and enable them to retrieve from this haystack of information the specific factual needle that they…

Developing, compiling, distributing, and maintaining commercially significant collections requires substantial investments of time, personnel, and money.

The 'Collections of Information Antipiracy Act' would prohibit the misappropriation of valuable commercial collections of information by unscrupulous competitors who grab data collected by others, repackage it, and market a product that…

Electronic collections, and other collections of factual material, are absolutely indispensable to the American economy on the verge of the new century.

But several recent legal and technological developments threaten to cast a pall over this progress, by eroding the incentives for the continued investment needed to maintain and build upon the U.S. lead in world markets for electronic…

It is time to consider new federal legislation to protect developers who place their materials in interstate commerce against piracy and unfair competition.

I asked myself, why was the White House willing to shut the Federal Government down on a highway designation that helped southern Ohio?

just before the November 3 election my 5- year-old grandson, Jake, asked his mother if we were going to be electing a new President, and upon being told, no, we already have a President, Jake replied: No, we do not; he lied