I hope that we will work together to strengthen your voice in the interagency, to priority security assistance for coastal West Africa.

The last supplemental request included funding specifically to counter Wagner's influence in West Africa.

There is something like $500 million in assistance to Niger that is now hanging in the balance.

I am very disappointed at how this and previous Administration have chosen to prioritize regions and countries that I do not think fit the framing of that law.

The last supplemental request included funding specifically to counter Wagner's influence in West Africa.

I think we need to fix this and not wait another year or two or three.

I think we need to fix this and not wait another year or two or three.

Thank you, Chairman Cardin. Ranking Member Risch, thank you for this hearing.

Thank you, Chairman Cardin. Ranking Member Risch, thank you for this hearing.

It is important to me that at a time when there seems to be bipartisan agreement, that protecting American invention and innovation should be a high priority--that we do our best at that.

That's music to my ears. I look forward to seeing you move swiftly in that direction.

It is important to me that at a time when there seems to be bipartisan agreement, that protecting American invention and innovation should be a high priority--that we do our best at that.

That's music to my ears. I look forward to seeing you move swiftly in that direction.

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

Thank you. Mr. Laroski, Ms. Wang, you are both nominated to the Court of International Trade...

Would you just, as a matter of general principle, agree that if you have got a proceeding in the district court and the PTAB at the same time, covering the same topic, addressing a patent validity, that that doesn't really fulfill…

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…

Our first Subcommittee hearing was on foreign competitive threats to innovation, and it highlighted China's abusive practices.

One potential way to address some of the issues in PTAB that is in the PREVAIL Act, is a standing requirement for inter partes review.

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

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

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…

I want to thank Ranking Member Thom Tillis and his staff for putting this hearing together on a consensus basis.

I want to thank Ranking Member Thom Tillis and his staff for putting this hearing together on a consensus basis.