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On the recordApril 25, 2012
The bottom line, Mr. Chairman, is, we can have the most innovation, best protected intellectual property possible in the United States; but unless it is protected around the world in this international global environment in which we are operating, we are kind of swimming upstream always.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Emphasizes the need for global protection of U.S. intellectual property.

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