Hearings
Mr. Paul Misener, Viice President, Global Public Policy, Amazon.com
Mr. John S. McCoskey, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Motion Picture Association of America
Mr. Sebastian Holst, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, PreEmptive Solutions
Mr. David Sohn, General Counsel and Director of CDT's Project on Copyright and Technology, Center for Democracy and Technology
Opening Statements
Statement of Rep. John Conyers, Jr.
Hearing on H.R. "Innovation Act" (H.R. 3309)
October 29, 2013, 10 AM
2141 Rayburn Building
There are few economic issues that our committee or this Congress will face that are more important than whether and how to reform our patent laws. Intellectual property – principally patents – are responsible for nearly one third of all jobs in the U.S. economy. Our patent system, while not perfect, is the envy of the world and perhaps the most significant driver of growth in our economy.
Hearing Documentation
- 2/21/2012 - Democratic Judiciary Committee /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/EM_Report120221F.pdf">Interim Report on Michigan's Public Act 4
- 2/21/2012 - Democratic Staff /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/EM_ExecSum.pdf">Executive Summary of Public Act 4
- 2/24/2012 - /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/2011-PA-0004.pdf">Act No.
Mr. Danae Ringelmann, Founder & Chief Customer Officer, Indiegogo
Mr. Jim Fruchterman, President & CEO, Benetech
Mr. Nathan Seidle, CEO SparkFun Electronics, Inc.
Mr. Rakesh Agrawal, SnapStream Media
Mr. Van Lindgerg, VP, Intellectual Property, Rackspace
Opening Statements
Statement of Ranking Member Melvin L. Watt
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet
for the Hearing on Innovation in America: The Role of Copyrights
July 25, 2013
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
And I want to again thank Chairman Goodlatte for launching this comprehensive review of U.S. copyright law and the challenges of the digital age.
I believe that this is a very important undertaking and that we have a unique opportunity to, not only advance the debate in this area, but to guide it in the right direction.
Opening Statements
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Hearing on: "Addressing the Immigration Status of Illegal Immigrants Brought to the United States as Children"
Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
2141 Rayburn
Opening Statements
Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. for the Hearing on
the Voting Rights Act After the Supreme Court's Decision in Shelby County
Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice
Thursday, July 18, 2013, at 11:00 a.m.
The Voting Rights Act is the crown jewel of our nation's civil rights laws.
Many members past and present hold the act in an almost sacred place. Some, like our colleague John Lewis, shed his blood in support of its passage. Others owe their careers as legislators to its vigorous enforcement.
Opening Statements
Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. for the
Hearing on the Administration's Use of FISA Authority
Before the Committee on the Judiciary
Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
The House Judiciary is the committee of primary jurisdiction for both of the authorities we are here to discuss today-Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, and Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act.
Opening Statements
Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. for the
Hearing on H.R. 2641, the "Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2013"
Before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law
Thursday, July 11, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
The title of bill that is the subject of today's hearing, namely – the "Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2013" – is unfortunately very misleading.