She's barely comprehensible and monotonous besides. Nobody in that room is listening to her anymore. All three people in the frame behind her are looking at a screen.
My understanding was that her reading could have been avoided if a member who opposed the bill removed their objection. Basically, this was a way to stall progress on the bill and nothing more. No one was meant to really listen, I think.
On an unrelated note, today I discovered I definitely do not have the patience for congress.
I have finally found a useful purpose "Decrease speed" option in VLC. It actually works, I can hear what she says (she sounds drunk, but that's another matter). It's not very interesting though. Is she just reading through the entire act?
Ye gods... Mr. Gooolatte speaking now. Basic gist? Illegal foreign sites steal intellectual property and it gets back to US consumers, removing all motivation for those content owners to create new material... and jobs.
The more likely case is that they had their legislative assistants read some or all of the bill, and have made a voting decision before this hearing even started.
1) Understand what this girl is saying,
2) Understand what they are about to vote on,
3) Deserve to vote at all
God bless America!