Doug Collins

I appreciate so much his passion on this. But at the end of the day, for those who know me and know Mr. Jeffries and know others on this bill, we are looking for solutions.

I am about finding hypotheticals that says those that create mean something and those that create have value and have infinite worth.

It cannot be overstated.

It has created the Federal Civil Cause of Action for Trade Secret Misappropriation.

Trade secrets is, we have talked about before, the lifeblood of many businesses and their value to the economy.

That is something that I am very proud to say, that the artists and the NAB are sitting down.

I am extremely happy to announce that NAB, ASCAP, and BMI have reached an agreement regarding the Music Modernization Act.

Now is the time. The hearings have brought us to the point of understanding.

I came to Congress 5 years ago this month. Shortly after that, the chairman of this committee, Mr. Goodlatte, gave a speech and said he wanted to deal with copyright.

We are on the cusp of making major music history, because of what we have in the bills that have been talked about today, starting with the Music Modernization Act.

FISA warrants is a felony, is it not?

What is the FBI currently doing to identify the leakers of that information?

I believe that those in our system are valued human beings by the gift of God that's given to each.

It's based on science, it's based on an evidence-based approach.

I want to see that move forward.

We have a bill called the Redemption Act, and it is bipartisan, we have been working on this.

Wouldn't it be good if we start on something we could do?

Well, thank you for the rousing endorsement of the bill, because that's exactly what it does.

I think it has been a good discussion.

I agree with my friend from Texas just a few minutes ago, this is something we need to, I think can move forward on without infringing on the First Amendment rights.

I think there needs to be some licensing. I don't think we need as many as we probably have, but there are definitely some that need to be there.

There is no one that I would put my record up against who has fought harder against predatory, and at times abusive, State regulatory practices.

I cannot support the approach that we are taking in this Subcommittee today in considering this legislation alone.

The bill that we are currently considering... codifies a Supreme Court decision in Quill Corporation v. North Dakota.

Antitrust laws were enacted for the protection of competition, not competitors.