The Senate Finance Committee recently met to review the theft of biomedical research funded by taxpayer dollars, but Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said he will shortly issue legislation to address the problem. Cornyn said he may have difficulty voting for funding increases for agencies that do not take such theft seriously, adding that he will soon introduce legislation that would require that the U.S. federal government act to thwart theft from a number of nations, including China, the target of frequent concerns regarding intellectual property theft.