Thank you. Do you want to end just by saying why you think this Federal legislation is so important?
the fact that 95.1 percent of utility companies had experienced copper theft in the past year; that 86.6 percent of utility companies had a ...
I'm a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and have been closely monitoring the work that the FTC is doing in this area.
I hope they do that in politics, too.
In Minnesota, we are, as Senator Klobuchar alluded to, fortunate that we have tighter restrictions and regulations on scrap metal dealers.
We look forward to working with you.
I am very glad about that, and I think this has been really helpful.
Thank you very much, Senator Hatch, and it is always good to do things on a bipartisan basis around here, and I am glad we are doing that.
We think these measures would help us to catch them.
It is keep privacy and the trust of the American people.
I particularly wanted to welcome the Governor of my neighboring State, North Dakota, Governor Hoeven.