Political Quotes

“I am thankful for Chairman Goodlatte and his staff and the committee for their work on this bill and increasing demand letter transparency in both the committee mark and working with us on the floor to incorporate a bipartisan amendment that we were able to work on with Representatives Connolly, Chaffetz, and Marino that builds upon the language in the bill. Very simply, our amendment would ensure that trolls can no longer hide behind shell companies to conceal their true identity from demand letter recipients. Our amendment is a step in the right direction in providing businesses and entrepreneurs the tools to better assess the validity of demand letters. I do have a comprehensive bill, along with Representatives Marino and Deutch, that moves further in that direction that we introduced 2 weeks ago, and our bill would clarify that the FTC has the authority to go after patent trolls. As we move to enhance the value of demand letter transparency, I am pleased that Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Chairman Terry, a few minutes ago, expressed the intent of the committee to further examine this issue. And this amendment is an important step in the right direction. I urge my colleagues to support the Polis-Connolly-Chaffetz-Marino amendment and reserve the balance of my time.”