Google: Anti-Piracy Bill Could Threaten Entrepreneurship

Google representative Katherin Oyama told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the Stop Online Piracy Act could threaten innovation and entrepreneurship by creating a “cloud of legal uncertainty.” (0:15)

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Florida Dem: Lax Piracy Laws Will Discourage Future Innovators

At a House Judiciary hearing on a bill designed to curb online piracy, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) said doing nothing to combat piracy would discourage future innovators “because they’re not going to be compensated for their work.”  (0:15)

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White House Innovation Campaign Must Involve Small Businesses, Inventors, Says Goolsbee

Austan Goolsbee, Chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, explains the importance of innovation in the private sector. (0:20)

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Agriculture Secretary Hopes Energy Bill Will Meet The President's Objectives

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says he hopes Congress will enact a bill that meets the President's objectives on energy, which include creating an efficient, cost-efficient and a comprehensive approach that leverages the Nation's capacity for innovation. He also touched upon the need for job creation, reduced dependence on foreign oil, and protection of U.S. children from "ills associated with pollution." (0:20)
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Bishop: "Two Roads" For Energy

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

At a press conference today the Republican Study Committee and Western Caucus introduced their alternative energy proposal, The American Energy and Innovation Act.

Congressman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) said there were now “two roads” Americans could chose to tackle energy needs. “The Democrat road is saying it can’t work we are not even going to it, our road is saying we have the ideas now is the time to do it, said Bishop.

Adding that “The Democrats have already given us an option on energy issues that will cost individuals up to $3000...the Republican road we want to go down is one that actually grows our energy supply so that no-one is harmed and in fact we have the chance to reduce the cost of energy.”

Bishop compared the two strategies to the movie ‘Back to the Future’ saying, “Remember those sequels to ‘Back to the Future’ where there were the two worlds? Our world is the one where the McFly family is happy, the Democrat version is the one where Biff runs everything.”


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Fleming: "So Called Paper Mache Jobs - Green Jobs"

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

At a press conference today the Republican Study Committee and Western Caucus introduced their alternative energy proposal, The American Energy and Innovation Act.
Congressman John Fleming (R-La.) said our vision “creates a vision for jobs, more jobs, not the so called paper mache jobs the green jobs, but real jobs created by industry.”

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Electronic voting fosters innovation

James Dickson, vice president for Governmental Affairs of the American Association of Persons with Disabilities, says that people with disabilities are very excited about the opportunity to vote privately and independently. The "Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008" will sustain that opportunity and the legislation will foster innovation. (0:39)
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Senator Gordon and Bill Gates Discuss Need to Ensure U.S.' Share of Global Technological Progress

At a House Science and Technology Committee hearing, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Chairman Senator Bart Gordon (D-TN) discussed the benefits of any technological progress for the whole world, but stressed steps needed to maintain the United States' share of that research (0:40)
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Bill Gates : Global Economy is like the Olympics

At a House Science and Technology Committee hearing, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates stated that American students will compete with foreign students in the global economy regardless of whether they are allowed to study in the U.S. Rejecting foreign students cannot cut out competition (1:08)
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Bill Gates : U.S. Universities Are No. 1, But Immigration Policy Expels Best Talent

At a House Science and Technology Committee hearing, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates claimed that though U.S. schools and federal research investments provide the best education in the world, immigration policy prevents the best foreign born students (60% of math and science graduates) from working in the U.S. (0:40)
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