"Some business groups have also voiced some fear that their intellectual property will be stolen if they sell a product overseas."
"I know that the U.S. Government, through your work and the work of the USTR and the work of other agencies, is doing much to press our trading partners to respect intellectual property rights."
"Can you imagine during a recession residents agreed to tax themselves more?"
"Clearly we here in L.A. recognize the need for better, more efficient transportation in the county's largest area."
"For Ms. Caproni and Mr. Marshall, today you have described difficulties in gaining assistance from companies in complying with lawful wiretap orders under 18 U.S.C. 2518."
"the California Sex Offender Management Board has recommended that California not come into compliance with the Adam Walsh Act."
"I do come from California, which was, indeed, the first State to establish the sex offender registry, back in 1947."
"The Internet is now the leading tool for speech and action."
"the cost for implementation of the Adam Walsh Act would be $21 million to probation for conducting presentencing record checks, $10 million for local law enforcement agencies to conform with changes i..."
"So $32 million we would lose; $2 million we would gain. What is the point to this?"
"This amounts to $32 million, and that doesn't even calculate the cost of an additional incarceration."