[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 24, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H1375-H1376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    MICROSOFT AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor to express concern about 
the European Union's first step in a decision against Microsoft, one of 
the most creative engines of economic growth in American history. The 
reason we all ought to be concerned about this European Union decision 
is it essentially breaches and disturbs, if not destroys, a carefully 
wrought-out resolution of antitrust issues in the American judicial 
system.
  Whatever one thinks of our judicial system, we ought to know one 
thing, that it is better that these matters be resolved in the American 
system than internationally when the international groups now could 
turn into a feeding frenzy, if you will, of upsetting this apple cart 
after we have worked for years and millions of dollars of effort to 
have a very carefully calibrated resolution of these antitrust issues.
  We hope that our government expresses and does not acquiesce in this 
issue since we need to have comity and a consistent application of 
antitrust rules across borders. We hope that our government will take 
that position.

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