Sonny Bono: “What perfect timing, Mr. Chairman. I can thank you again and congratulate you again on your position and also thank the…”

“What perfect timing, Mr. Chairman. I can thank you again and congratulate you again on your position and also thank the ranking member for his generosity. I want to join my colleagues to remind everybody that in college, plagiarism can be an expellable offense. Colleges play a key role in teaching us that stealing someone else's work by plagiarism is just not acceptable. Just imagine the positive contributions colleges and universities could lend our economy and way of life if they took the lead in teaching students the value of intellectual property. Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I hope that you will work with me and my colleagues to create such a new environment, including possibly holding a hearing before the House Education and the Workforce Committee. I look forward to doing so with you and with your leadership. I yield to you for your comments. Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for her leadership on this issue and share her concerns. We will work on that. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland.”