Bruce Josten
Bruce Josten
budget sound talking
When you are talking about a budget for 2007 of $2,400bn, I don't want to sound crass, but $9bn is a rounding error.
business community everybody screaming
Everybody in the business community started screaming simultaneously.
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We will actively encourage our members to stop providing health care as a voluntary benefit because it makes no sense.
access less markets
We need to have more access to more markets abroad, not less access.
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We've evaluated a bunch of these now, ... We've determined you can't possibly predict how they're going to rule on a certain set of facts in a given case.
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I don't think it is a slam dunk, but I don't think there's much doubt that John Roberts crosses the finish line.
business calls community deal finance late mass people rather senate staff
When this deal first surfaced late Thursday, the business community was just shocked. Instantly, if not rather simultaneously, people started making calls to the Senate leadership, to the staff of the Senate Finance Committee. It was the wholesalers, the manufacturers, the mass retailers.
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This will accomplish very little, and this totally misses the mark, which is to take appropriate steps to slow the kind of double-digit health care increases we've seen. This is so far off the mark it's incredible.
corporate everybody problem
Why are we going to put this yoke on corporate America's neck? This is a problem for everybody in the country.
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While the security of the American people and our critical infrastructure must always be a top priority, implementing the laws that could harm the health of our economy in the name of national security would be a grave mistake. All parties involved must strive to find a balance that keeps us safe while at the same time allows our economy to continue to flourish.
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The bill closes some glaring loopholes in current trademark law and provides much-needed tools to enhance criminal-enforcement efforts.
concern potential trade
We do have a concern about the potential for retaliation in the trade space.
frame resolve time
They have got a lot to do in a compressed time frame and a lot to resolve between the chambers.
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This law will help make the world a miserable place for counterfeiters. Next, we need greater coordination among enforcement agencies to enforce the laws on the books and bring these criminals who engage in counterfeiting and piracy to justice.