The DMCA has been effective and has worked to encourage the creation of new digital works and has allowed authors a way to protect against copyright infringement.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, 13 years ago, Osama bin Laden orchestrated the deadliest terrorist attack in American history, killing almost 3,000 people immediately and wounding thousands more. The attacks also created…

The Speaker does not have a good record when it comes to wasting taxpayer dollars on frivolous lawsuits. When the Justice Department concluded that the Defense of Marriage Act could not be defended in court, the House wasted $2.3 million…

A strong patent system is important to foster innovation. Patents serve as one the key drivers of the Nation's economy.

6 years ago, President Obama and the Democratic Congress took office. When they took office in January of 2009, the economy was in free fall, and we were losing 800,000 jobs a month--losing 800,000 jobs a month, but the Congress went to…

Since 2010, deficits have been on a sharp downward path from 10 percent of GDP...

the current copyright structure has led to numerous tech innovations and... legitimate services

We are not facing any immediate escalation of the deficit.

after adjustments for inflation, statutory damages are actually lower now than at any point in the last century

From my point of view, the deficit has come down too far, too fast.

If we pass the balanced budget amendment... it would have turned the 2008 recession into a depression.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the previous question in order to bring the Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act to the floor. In 1993, I was a leader…