the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. almighty god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we pray for the gift of wisdom to all with great responsibility in this house, for the leadership of our nation. may all the members have the vision of a nation where respect and understanding are the marks of civility and where honor and integrity are the marks of one s character. as members take time in the coming week for constituency visits, give them the ability to hear the voices of all in their districts, even those with whom they disagree. this is difficult to do so endow them with patience and a discerning ear. bless us this day and every day and may all that is done within these hallows halls be for your greater honor and glory. amen. these hallowed halls be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day s pro
sometimes don t. and so it s fun. it s an amazing story. you ll have a ball. will you read politico europe ? of course i will if you send me a copy. it s on the internet. i m so sorry. of course. thank you, thank you, of course i will. we re honored to have with us several of our british colleagues, pippa, has a question. there s a disaffection with politicians, in our case with ethis westminster system. you have a rare political commodity that cuts through that, authenticity combined with a dash of humor. what can your colleagues at westminster do to help? not everyone s jokes are as good as yours. obviously i reject a lot of the characterization you ve very kindly made in my contribution. but what i think, and this is the point i was making yesterday, when we were having a conversation about cities, i think one of the problems we have got in britain is people do feel alienated and disaffected and they do feel remote from politicians. they feel politicians can
as the far end of the pendulum it allows everybody to start from a position of we are going to work to keep openness as the basic principle and work act back from there with the exceptions. it sounds like you are saying, congress, keep up the good work. just to put you on the record. thanks so much for your enlightened legislation in the internet area. a senator from nebraska ended up being a visionary that he never expected to be. [laughter] you can layer on acceptable use policies, things that in the company s judgment like auctions that are prohibited. sure. that has been from day one also. that was part of the protection of section 230 and 512 that provided for the ability for companies to exercise judgment and to get rid of things they believe are in the consumer s interest. when there s been a conflict and commerce. fake rolex watches, fake wetsuits watches being sold on ebay, is that settled now? i would say that the great copyright and trademark wars ove