Chris Coons

I must say, I am struck by the reach of some of the trademark scams.

I think an obvious implication of that is that Congress has to step in. Am I wrong?

I think we certainly agree that the current framework for determining which inventions are eligible for patent protection is just not working.

Thank you for that fulsome introduction of Magistrate Judge Jennifer Hall.

I am grateful to my colleagues from Michigan and Pennsylvania for being here promptly at the beginning of the hearing.

Thank you, Chairman Menendez, for leading this effort to focus on the tools that we need to help strengthen our ability to respond to economic coercion.

The FY24 State and Foreign Operations appropriations bill just got voted out of the Appropriations Committee by a broad bipartisan margin, and it includes a $560 million new economic resilience initiative to expand investments in critical…

One of the things I think we need to do is to provide rapid and targeted support.

It is important from our perspective that there are clear rules governing the use of likeness in an improper way.

We know that generative AI models need to be fed large datasets to learn how to generate images based on user prompts.

Thank you for the passionate engagement you have always brought to these issues on behalf of the creative community.

I think that is the right approach, because you want to focus on people who are intentionally impersonating someone in order to make or get some commercial benefit.

There should be 32. Adding Finland and Sweden to NATO is a strategic defeat for Putin.

Adding Finland and Sweden to NATO is a strategic defeat for Putin. It means that, no matter the outcome on the ground in Ukraine, he has failed in his objective to divide and weaken NATO.

I do. This was a very hard decision. The president really -- he listened to all sides.

I do think we need a briefing to update the members of Congress.

We will have to see. President Biden is directly, personally engaged in this diplomacy.

I think that puts even greater tension on any possible conversations between the United States... our regional allies and Iran.

Yes, I think the president should meet with hostage families.

Because of President Biden's leadership, NATO is the strongest it's ever been.

We are continuing to provide cutting-edge equipment like the F-35 to our critical NATO partner Greece, as long as Greece is reassured.

I think there is a clear path to transition away from what is currently a dangerous dependency on China for these strategic minerals.

This was a very hard decision. The president really -- he listened to all sides.

We have 31 members of NATO today. There should be 32.

There is a plan and a path forward.