Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
We'll be voting against it for a couple of reasons. One, I believe, as with the previous motion, that the proper place for this is with the department that dealt with it and with the committee that works for that department. In this case, this is a matter for the international trade committee. Obviously this is an international trade deal--or perhaps, if they wished, foreign affairs--but it's very difficult to deal with a domestic industry and to discuss a foreign trade deal and the negotiations that may be occurring in that regard.
I believe that certainly in this case Mr. Simms and Mr. Angus have correctly pointed out that there are other issues at play here, not the least of which, I can assure you, is that if we're not successful in passing a modernization of the Copyright Act, we will have problems with any trade partners, including negotiating a trade deal. But even if we don't negotiate a trade deal, if we don't modernize the Copyright Act, having met with members of the European Union, I can tell you, as I'm sure others have across the table, that it is something they're expecting us to do regardless.
Thank you.