[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20726]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           SONGWRITERS CAUCUS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, today I am welcoming many of my 
constituents who are songwriters to the Hill to perform for tonight's 
Songwriters Caucus event. While they are with us today and tomorrow, 
they are taking the opportunity to call on Members of Congress to 
remind them that protecting the intellectual property of our Nation's 
creative community is the same as protecting the private property of 
our citizens.
  These songwriters are on the frontline in building a knowledge-based 
economy in our country that is recognized and acknowledged by other 
nations and trading partners around the world. We salute their 
commitment to growing and invigorating the free enterprise system and 
by doing it so pleasantly, always with a song.

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