Zoe Lofgren: “As we look ahead to the next century, I think all of us or many of us realize that our prosperity in America is going to…”

“As we look ahead to the next century, I think all of us or many of us realize that our prosperity in America is going to be based on knowledge and information. In my county we have added over 50,000 jobs in 1 year's time. We have unemployment of 3.7 percent, and that is fueled by technology, it is fueled by high-skilled jobs and information. If we do not take steps to protect knowledge and information, as this bill does, we will face adverse economic consequences in Silicon Valley and ultimately throughout the United States. So I commend the ranking member and the chairman for this bill and urge my colleagues to support it.”