Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much, all of you, for coming today. I want to assure you that I am also very eager to combat spam. I just want to mention that from the outset. I also want to make sure that it's the best possible bill, so that we're not squashing a fly with a sledgehammer. It's not an easy thing to avoid.
I have some questions.
Concerning address harvesting, the provisions that are in here, some interpretations of the address-harvesting prohibitions would make it illegal for law and order authorities to collect information in the case of suspects involved in bank fraud, ID theft, online extortion, possibly online harassment, possibly child pornography, and other issues. What is your interpretation of the way the address-harvesting provisions are written in this bill at the moment?