Joseph Lieberman Quotes on Business & Commerce (5 Quotes)

Our inquiry to date raises serious questions about whether FERC appropriately discharged its duties to monitor and regulate energy markets, followed through on warranted reviews of Enron's energy trading business, and heeded important warning signs of problems in Enron's business activities,

Based on my initial review, I don't believe that this situation qualifies as an emergency under the National Labor Relations Act because it does not affect an entire industry. Nor is it likely that the president would find that it imperils the national health or safety, which are the qualifications necessary to invoke the national emergency provisions under the act.

Thats why we cannot allow the coming legislative battle over telecommunications to become a contest within the industry, ... It has got to be focused on goals for societies and individual members of society with goals to move technology forward.

Today, our hearts and minds are naturally focused on yesterday's tragedy, but it is important that the Senate continue with America's business, particularly as it affects America's security, ... Our enemies will increasingly strike this mighty nation at places where they believe we are not only dependent but unguarded. That is surely true of cyberspace infrastructure today.

There is some good news in this report today, which is that this video game industry one has the best rating system of any entertainment industry. And it has done more to respond to the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) report last fall that said that the entertainment industry was marketing adult rated products to kids,