I do very much hope that the President will aggressively engage on this, because, as the chairman has pointed out, this is our lift.

Mr. Carson, the National Guard played a key and essential role in the conflicts of the past decade.

America's global leadership in expanding trade and opening markets has been profoundly and enormously beneficial for America and for the entire world.

The single mom who is struggling to raise her kids and make ends meet benefits when she can go to a store and buy a product at a lower cost.

We have lifted literally billions of people out of poverty, created opportunity, raised standards of living.

Why is it that the unions cannot see that there are a lot of high-paid jobs that come from really effective international trade?

We are all going to eat chicken, I will tell you that.

protecting the homeland is essential to our security, but trade is also very important to our economic security.

I just want you to know that, all three of you.

The dual missions that Senator Hatch mentioned, which are to facilitate legitimate trade and travel and, also, secure the border, are missions that I believe are mutually reinforcing.

I urge you strongly to pursue those pilot projects.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We cannot let that happen.

Chairman Leahy and I and several of my other colleagues across the aisle have introduced legislation to try to reform this process in one form or another.

it is rare that a freshman from the minority party gets to chair a Committee proceeding like this one

And collateral estoppel would apply as to the issues in common.

The standard for fee shifting in current law is too high.

The idea of using mandatory fee shifting to discourage frivolous patent litigation is not a new concept.