goodlatte: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, today i am pleased that we are considering a bipartisan bill to update the video privacy protection act of 1998. this bill will ensure that a law related to the handling of videotaped rental information is updated to reflect the realities of the 21st century. the vppa was passed by congress in the wake of judge robert bork's supreme court nomination battle during which a local washington, d.c., newspaper obtained a list of videotapes that they rented from their neighborhood video rental store. it caused bipartisan outrage which resulted in the enactment of the vppa. the commercial video distribution landscape has changed dramatically since 1988. back then the primary consumer consumption of video consumption occurred through the sale or rental of prerecorded video cassette tapes. this required users to travel to the local video store to pick up a rental

. >> i just want to say happy holidays and ♪ and goodlatte board of appeals and all of your city dealsn a city -- in a city made of steel, the board of appeals is made of stone. make that happen in your home make it fast make it last make a good deal you can have it all her and in your city life, make it happen, make your appeals happen make it happen you will make it all your life. what a city feeling keep appealin' make it real and make it happen what a city feeling and good luck appealing ♪ thanks. >> thank you. is there any other member of the public who like to speak? seeing none, we will move to item two, commissioner comments and questions. >> i do not want to make a big speech. actually, i do. i appreciated serving with commissioner tonya peterson and we will miss her intelligence and kindness and thoughtfulness. she really cared about the law and let the law guide her decision making. i was fortunate enough to work with her on rewriting the rules last year. and serve as vice president when she was president along with director gold seen -- goldstein and the deputy city attorne

goodlatte to you. -- good luck to you. look at that. is that what you wanted?as to you. >> item and glad i had the opportunity to come here and hear you speak. >> i appreciate your help. i need you to vote. a few times -- no, just once. [laughter] thank you. >> could i get a few pictures? >> you bet. michigan -- go wolverines! >> i heard we might have the pleasure of your opportunity -- the pleasure of your company at the boys and girls clubs in manchester. >> i hope so. i do not know the schedule yet. the talk to the leaders there? >> i am the director of a private school. i hope we get a chance to have our students get to meet you. that would be terrific. >> is a private school and they come in from time to time at the boys and girls club and help out in various service projects? or just use the club? >> some of them do. but for the most part, we just use the club facilities because they are vague and all that. we created a partnership where we held at risk and disadvantaged kids. one, in particular, was living out of a car and we help him graduate last year.

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goodlatte, i wouldn't want to discuss any of the details that they compromise the enforcement investigations but to say that generally speaking, yes, customer would place money in a 4-d account within fcm and that fcm is not allowed to use customer funds, for instance to make proprietary investments for their own accounts. >> okay, and on monday, the commission, after considerable investigation and deliberation and starting prior to this mf global problem arising, and made changes to rule 1.25 which gives instructions to companies like mf global about what they can do with the funds and those accounts. is that not correct? >> that is correct but i think it is also, just to be clear, when in fcm is using funds to invest in permissible investments under 1.25, simultaneously the exact amount of money has to be put back into the customer account. they can't take the money out there, use it, invested and that some other time put it back. >> correct so they have to maintain the funds in that account much like if you put money into a bank account, the bank using that as debt as collateral will make

goodlatte i don't live was discussed at the meeting. and that there was a piece of evidence that would ensure that the company would lose the case because indeed the interception in question was only half of the company. that was information i was given spirit did not occur to you, did you ask? >> i don't believe so. i think it was known at the time that this was a voicemail interception that had already been prosecuted by the police and that the police had said there isn't anything more here. they shut their investigation and successfully prosecute the individuals concerned. >> i have a growly australian accent rattling around in my head at the moment that would take how much more is this person going to cost me question to you think your dad might've asked more questions than you asked for? >> i couldn't begin to speculate. >> and you didn't come it didn't occur to you to sort of ask whether glenn mulcaire -- >> no, it was specifically said to me that he was doing this on behalf of the "news of the world" with respect to this. and tha