G. K. Butterfield actually said...

"I ask unanimous consent that it be included in the record."

"If we don't adopt privacy regulation like the European Union, then in a sense we are shut out of their market."

"But because those who oppose privacy legislation have touted it as their rationale for opposition, I want to summarize what we know."

"Our purpose was to relieve unfair and costly burdens imposed on American businesses, while still maintaining critically important consumer safeguards."