I will never forget testifying at the legislature about this, and we actually had a case I was able to show.
We are simply trying to get the information that we can get so that we can help law enforcement to solve them.
Today we have a hearing with three goals: The first is to review the scale and scope of the metal theft problem as a cri...
to be sure, it must be coupled with legislation like we have here today in order to truly combat that problem.
thieves are more likely to target utilities that are located in cities or suburbs rather than rural areas.
Senator Hatch and I have introduced a bill that would place modest but important recordkeeping requirements on metal dea...
I was thinking for me, then having this hearing and having worked on this bill, some of this was new to me.
I think that it would go a long way in solving a problem.
How about the idea of some kind of increased criminal penalties for this kind of activity?
The Klobuchar-Hatch bill puts recordkeeping requirements on scrap yards and metal dealers, and I believe it is an effect...
I think that forcing or mandatorily forcing some restrictions on the scrap metal dealers is a good thing.