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Washington, D.C. – Today the House Judiciary Committee approved S.

Chairman Goodlatte: Today we are here to markup S.1890, the “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.” The bill puts forward modest enhancements to our federal trade secrets law, creating a federal civil remedy for trade secret misappropriation that will help American innovators protect their intellectual property from criminal theft by foreign agents and those engaging in economic espionage. This bill will help U.S. competiveness, job creation, and our economy. Trade secrets occupy a unique place in the IP portfolios of our most innovative companies. They can include confidential formulas, manufacturing techniques, and even customer lists.

Chairman Goodlatte: Today we are here to markup S.1890, the “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.” The bill puts forward modest enhancements to our federal trade secrets law, creating a federal civil remedy for trade secret misappropriation that will help American innovators protect their intellectual property from criminal theft by foreign agents and those engaging in economic espionage. This bill will help U.S. competiveness, job creation, and our economy. Trade secrets occupy a unique place in the IP portfolios of our most innovative companies. They can include confidential formulas, manufacturing techniques, and even customer lists.

Chairman Goodlatte: Thank you, Chairman King, for convening this third hearing of the Task Force on Executive Overreach.  Following up its last hearing, the topic today includes more recent case studies of the abuse of executive power, and I’ll focus my remarks on the President’s actions regarding the implementation of the work requirements in the bipartisan welfare reform laws, and its unilateral rewriting of federal energy laws. In 1996, President Clinton and a Republican Congress signed into law the bipartisan Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.  This program was designed to discou

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z775Q9UhLY Washington, D.C.  – The Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee today held a hearing on “The Real Victims of a Reckless and Lawless Immigration Policy: Families and Survivors Speak Out on the Real Cost of This Administration’s Policies.” At the hearing, members of the subcommittee examined the significant public safety threat posed by criminal aliens and heard from some of the victims they have left in their wake as a result of the Obama Administration’s abandonmen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z775Q9UhLY Washington, D.C.  – The Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee today held a hearing on “The Real Victims of a Reckless and Lawless Immigration Policy: Families and Survivors Speak Out on the Real Cost of This Administration’s Policies.” At the hearing, members of the subcommittee examined the significant public safety threat posed by criminal aliens and heard from some of the victims they have left in their wake as a result of the Obama Administration’s abandonmen

The Real Victims of a Reckless and Lawless Immigration Policy: Families and Survivors Speak Out on the Real Cost of This Administration's PoliciesChairman Goodlatte: I first want to thank our witnesses for appearing today and for their willingness to testify before this Subcommittee on this very important issue. Also, I want to express my deepest sympathy to the family members of Sarah Root and Joshua Wilkerson, who were tragically killed by criminal aliens illegally present in the United States.  Their mothers, Michelle Root and Laura Wilkerson, are

The Real Victims of a Reckless and Lawless Immigration Policy: Families and Survivors Speak Out on the Real Cost of This Administration's PoliciesChairman Goodlatte: I first want to thank our witnesses for appearing today and for their willingness to testify before this Subcommittee on this very important issue. Also, I want to express my deepest sympathy to the family members of Sarah Root and Joshua Wilkerson, who were tragically killed by criminal aliens illegally present in the United States.  Their mothers, Michelle Root and Laura Wilkerson, are