Rick Boucher Quotes (17 Quotes)

We enjoy cooking and share cooking responsibilities. We cook as much for recreation as to eat.

The explosive growth of the Internet has provided a means for gambling operations to evade existing anti-gambling laws. These Internet gambling websites typically operate offshore and often serve as a prime vehicle for money laundering and other criminal enterprises. Our bill sensibly updates federal law to keep pace with new technologies by bringing the Internet within the fold of the anti-gambling restrictions that govern telephones.

I think that the balance needs to be restored, and I would note that in the camp in which I am in, one finds libraries, universities, the Internet industry, the manufacturers of digital media, and consumers.

The first legislation that I produced relating to the Internet was a bill to overturn a restriction inside of the law that prohibited the Internet backbone from being used for anything other than research and scientific and educational communication.

It has certainly occurred at the expense of the fair-use rights, which underpins our right to speak freely in society. That growing body of scholarship includes a number of prominent law professors and writers on the West Coast.

nothing more than thinly veiled attempts to circumvent the legislative process and achieve gun control through litigation.

The president and the Congress will be diverted from the urgent national business, while prolonged proceedings take place in the Senate,

It is clear that the problems with the patent system have been exacerbated by a decrease in patent quality and an increase in litigation abuses.

I actually use a computer a lot. I have three computers that I use on a regular basis - one is on my desk top in my Washington office, another is at home, and I have my laptop that I use when I'm travelling.

Such a large portion of our population is eligible for the program because of income levels throughout the district,

The Internet has provided a means for gambling operations to evade existing anti-gambling laws.

As you can imagine, we're thrilled. We are very compatible. We share the same interests. We get along extremely well, and we love each other.

I have a deep disdain for the president's actions, ... He deserves the admonishment and the censure and the rebuke of the Congress ... Not only is this the public's preference, but it is the right thing to do.

I defend peoples' right to do that in a lawful manner, but I have not undertaken that practice myself.

I have been involved in Internet-related policy for approximately one decade, and I have been using the Internet myself for almost that period of time.

The conclusion of this agreement between the United States and Vietnam is another significant step forward in the effort to develop closer relations between our two nations. It represents a tremendous victory for the administration of President Clinton. ...

The LMDS deployment in Blacksburg means that truly affordable high-speed Internet access services for the residents of rural America are not just over the horizon,