I very much look forward to testimony from the U.S. Department of Commerce at that hearing, as well as other Government agencies critical to our developing trade relationship with Africa and the private sector.

You mentioned in your testimony progress toward a bilateral investment treaty with Ghana, and yet at the same time, the Foreign Commercial Service, if I understand correctly, has just withdrawn their representative, their participant in…

the war crimes of Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, are well documented. For two decades, they have terrorized Uganda and its neighbors in central Africa, tearing apart families and demolishing whole villages. Their war…

I also understand there has been more active, in some cases more aggressive, use of challengers at polling places that seem to be specifically targeted at raising concerns or fears amongst those voting in particular districts or areas.

the Help America Vote Act, the ability to vote on a provisional ballot, this process of challengers at polls and demanding identification and proof of citizenship and so forth, the argument for why that is legitimate or necessary activity…

We need to, I think, be vigorous and engaged in preventing disenfranchisement of those who are eligible to vote, who are entitled to vote, and who we want to vote by restrictive ID laws.

The good old-fashioned practices of voter misinformation and voter suppression through flyers or hand-distributed leaflets have continued in the modern age.

Well, as you move through the final rulemaking processes, I just want to close by urging you to be bold, striking a fair balance, that it respects small inventors and making sure that they have access to a fair and appropriate process as…

I call up my amendment No. 2426. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Delaware [Mr Coons] proposes an amendment numbered 2426. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To…

Do you have the authority you need to explore further initiatives?

Thank you, Chairman Leahy, and thank you, Director Kappos, for the very strong leadership you have provided to the Patent and Trademark Office.

Well, given how long it takes for you to break in and develop the proficiency of examiners, that makes great sense to me.