This bill increases the penalties for trafficking in counterfeit drugs, specifically.

Thank you very much.

H.R. 3668, sponsored by Mr. Meehan of Pennsylvania and Ms. Sanchez of California, increases penalties for trafficking in or attempting to traffic counterfeit drugs.

I cannot support the measure in its current form.

We keep doing the same thing hoping for different results.

I think we all agree that the CBP needs to do better targeting to be able to spot the contraband that is trying to be imported into the United States.

My hope is that this hearing will reveal those issues and identify areas which may require legislative action.

We have more and higher penalties for crime than any nation on earth.

There is no evidence that the serious problems we are seeking to address result from a lack of laws or penalties.

H.R. 3668, sponsored by Mr. Meehan and Ms. Sanchez, enhances the penalties for trafficking in, or attempting to traffic, counterfeit drugs.

Counterfeit and stolen merchandise constitute a danger to the public that is not readily evident.

The Swap Data Information Sharing Act of 2012 would make U.S. law consistent with existing international protocols by removing the indemnification provisions.

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 126, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' personal explanation

I think the privacy issues are severe, and I think that this adds to the opposition to this massive plague of voter ID laws.

Today we meet to consider the series of transactions between Verizon Wireless and four of the Nation's largest cable TV companies announced last December.

Thank you very much, Senator Blumenthal.

Does the Verizon/cable joint marketing agreement signal a, quote, 'standing down from competition' between Verizon and these four cable companies?

Thank you very much, Senator Lee.