A common practice among scammers and predatory creditors is to threaten to contact chain of command if a servicemember does not comply with their demand.

I hope that you will support our efforts to fund such a hub in Hawaii.

So is there some concrete way that they know that somebody is trying to get their financial information or something so that they can just shut it down?

I think that does it for this hearing. And I have to say, trial lawyers may have influence but apparently not as much influence as the NRA around here.

We know that there are certain groups of people in our communities that are targeted for scammers and for all kinds of bad acts, including identity theft, et cetera.

We often talk in this Committee about the need for better collaboration between DoD and VA when it comes to improving the well-being of veterans in the long term.

If there are certain things, certain kinds of information that we, particularly as members of this Committee, because we are very committed to helping our veterans, if there is certain kinds of information that we should make available to…

Our IP system has long been the engine that drives American leadership and innovation, and we must ensure that our system encourages American innovation and does not allow bad actors to stifle or steal it.

Our IP system has long been the engine that drives American leadership and innovation, and we must ensure that our system encourages American innovation and does not allow bad actors to stifle or steal it.

We must message this to them. We must give them tools.

The Chinese government has undertaken a widespread and systematic campaign of stealing American intellectual property to advance the Chinese economy.