Brian Bilbray: “Mr. Chairman, it is essential that the Federal Government be required to achieve the same environmental standards that…”

Can you imagine what the response would be from the people in Boston or New York or Washington, DC, if they tried to make a phone call and someone in a foreign language, or in English, notifies them that France--you know, the Paris cell…

But that is like saying that the people that are a victim of counterfeit isn't going to be prosecuted as counterfeiters when the fact is they're losing value down the line.

Can you imagine my constituents or my brother says to me, 'When I am a part of the United States, why is a foreign corporation confiscating my calls?'

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following new section: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by…