Bob Goodlatte

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Hurt).

May I inquire how much time is remaining on each side? The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Duncan of Tennessee). The gentleman from Virginia has 6\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 5 minutes remaining.

It is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus).

At this time it is my pleasure to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Miller), the chairman of the House Administration Committee.

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe), a member of the Judiciary Committee.

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), the majority leader.

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Gerlach), another chief cosponsor of this legislation.

At this time it is my distinct pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Gowdy), a member of the Judiciary Committee and the chief sponsor of the legislation.

I look forward to our work together on issues related to intellectual property and our courts and the Internet.

Section 512 was designed to achieve two important policy goals that were crucial to the success of the Internet.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a pleasure to be here, a pleasure to welcome this great panel of witnesses.

The amendment seeks to shield the Department of Homeland Security, a department in need of good government reform, from all of the government rulemaking reforms in this bill. We should not do that. The bill does not threaten needed…

This sort of 'legislation by accumulation,' or by anecdote, is undoubtedly contrary to Congressional intent, not to mention the fair administration of justice.

The fact that this is only an estimate means that no one knows exactly how many provisions in the federal Code subject American citizens to criminal sanctions.

I support his commonsense amendment and urge my colleagues to join in making it unanimous.

I have no further requests for time. I believe that I have the right to close, so if the gentleman from Georgia would proceed, I will reserve the balance of my time.

It is my pleasure to yield an additional 1 minute to the gentleman from Alabama.

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus), the chairman of the Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law Subcommittee, who has worked so closely with us on this legislation and who…

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Barr).

At this time it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith), a member of the Judiciary Committee, and chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

At this time it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings), the chairman of the Natural Resources Committee.

At this time it is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), the majority leader.

At this time it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves), the chairman of the Small Business Committee.

It is now my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Holding), a member of the Judiciary Committee and a contributor of one of the bills that has been included in the ALERRT Act.

I expect swift and immediate action to take place.