Jim Sensenbrenner

I believe U.S. citizens would be best served if antitrust continues to retain its traditional focus on promoting consumer welfare and competition in markets.

Successful implementation of the mandate for competition in the antitrust laws encourages innovation, which is the main driver of economic growth.

The result would be to force data into a one-size-fits-all approach.

I remain skeptical of proposals that break up these companies, mandate a one-size-fits-all data standard, or create a government-run 'public option.'

I did not, and there is no system that I know of that provides artists with compensation when their work is used.

I'm not going to be on this committee in the next Congress. I am going to put my feet up and become a 'senior, statesman.'

So this goes to show that congressional pressure is not the best.

I have reached the conclusion that we do not need to change our antitrust laws. They have been working just fine.

Wouldn't that be up to somebody on the other side of the issue to say that this is not proven?

Now, why did that happen?

Conservatives are consumers too. And the way the net was put together, in the eyes of Congress, is that everybody should be able to speak their mind.

I've been in Congress 42 years. That's coming to an end at the end of this year. I'm breathing a sigh of relief.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

It's up to us to constructively deal with this so that we can do more than just have a press release and make a difference.

The depravity that was exhibited there really burned in my soul.

What got me interested in this entire issue probably about 4 years ago, was a constituent named Lauri Badura. Her son died of an overdose.

We ought to pass legislation

I think it is very obvious that there was no treason or bribery alleged here.

The chairman and those on his side of the aisle are dead-wrong on all of the issues that we have been debating.

The Constitution says that the President and other civil officials can be impeached for treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

I think that this markup has been a lot better than it could have been, and I think the chairman has been probably very evenhanded on that.

This seems to be the greatest amount of circular reasoning that we have heard in the last couple of days.

It is not acceptable, and it is really obstruction of Congress.

It is amazing to me that, again, the things that will come out of this markup is not the simple fact that they are going to mark up this and they will send it to the floor.