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On the recordNovember 7, 2011
The Economic Espionage Act was passed 15 years ago, and as of October, there have only been eight cases tried under this.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware
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Coons highlights the lack of cases prosecuted under the Economic Espionage Act.

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