Ron Wyden

In my view, the decision not to list was a victory for all Westerners.

Oregonians, like those from Wyoming, are no strangers to the profound local changes that can come from listing an animal under the Endangered Species Act.

If I could have 10 additional seconds, and I appreciate my colleague's courtesy. Mr. McCAIN. Certainly.

We better have it within two weeks because the fire season is on us, and there are not many days left in the Congress.

We are going to make it happen before the serious fire season.

Now as I have indicated, I support management as well.

I believe the Administration believes that to deal with fire borrowing you have to freeze, and I use that word specifically, you have to freeze the amount of money that is spent on fighting fire at a fixed number, like the current 10-year…

Ending the plague of fire borrowing is now the longest running battle since the Trojan War and it is time to bring this to an end.

If my colleague will continue to yield, just briefly, what my colleague has stated--and I strongly agree with--is that she is trying to assure that the resources are there for the future. I am not going to drag my colleague into the…

I appreciate my colleague yielding, and I am a very, very strong supporter of her amendment because I think the idea of adding more resources is absolutely essential. As I look at these cases--and she and I have talked about this on the…

I will fight such a policy with everything I have.

That's why buyer reviews of sellers on platforms like Amazon and eBay--and liability laws that enable those reviews--are so valuable to those seeking authentic merchandise.

The Internet is the shipping lane of the 21st century, and every business in this country, in one way or another, is digital.

These are really important issues, and I hope that we can continue working together to find bipartisan solutions.

I think it has been a terrific hearing.

I appreciated the effort that you and I were able to work together on, Mr. Chairman, to deal with these foreign websites, because I think that is a serious problem.

Now, we are in a high-tech age, and we have high-tech digital criminals.

With the volume of shipments coming in, it is important that ICE and CBP make sure targeting methodologies keep up with technology and the resulting changing patterns in trade.

Not only do these counterfeits pose a threat to our businesses, but many also threaten the health and safety of the American consumer.

I really describe it, the Internet, as the shipping lane of the 21st century, and every business one way or another is digital.

We finance roads, we finance ports, we finance the way farmers get their cattle to market.

I am very glad you are here. This is a particularly important hearing, because it really reflects what this committee is all about and how the challenge has changed over the years.

The challenge of rooting out counterfeits is a lot more difficult than it once was, and it poses a direct threat to family-wage jobs in our country and our businesses.

Digital technology is a booster shot in the arm for exports at a time when 95 percent of the world's customers live outside the borders of the United States.

The bottom line is that the Internet is the shipping lane of the 21st century, and every business in this country, in one way or another, is digital.