one of those concerned with the new bill, congressman dana rohrabacher, who joins us now. see you. thanks for coming in. you don't deny a lot of these lawsuits are frivolous, do you? >> i deny the word a lot. there are, large numbers of suits that are filed because megacorporations, multinational corporations, are more and more going to the tactic of trying to steal from the independent inventor rather than respect the rights that they have because they own the patent on their inventions. yeah, there are some scam artist out there and there are a group of people who are labeled patrols but what this bill does is trolls. this treats every independent inventor is scam artist troll and dramatically, actually, diminishes the patent rights of our small inventors. this is ridiculous. david: look at number, look at increase in up number of these lawsuits last couple years, it is tremendous. we can show a graph. >> sure. david: seems to me when i look how litigious our business environment has become, it is because of an increase in the number of frivolous lawsuits? >> we, you're

in a meeting with him, along with dana rohrabacher, steve king, a few of us were meeting with some of the northern alliance leaders, and since we knew about that last final battle where the northern liance went after the last stronghold of the taliban, elevated high up in a hill or mountain, and the general through an interrupter -- interpreter explained, he knew that if they sent people on foot, they'd never get there. there'd be too many bullets and rocket-propelled grenades. they'd never make it to the taliban stronghold. and they knew if they could get there and route them there, that that would be the end of the organized taliban, at least for quite some time. so the general realized the only way to have a shot at getting there was for around 1,000 horsemen to go charging up that hill, up toward the strong hold -- stronghold, with bullets, rocket-propelled grenades, all kinds of things coming at them, but he knew that if they would move quickly enough, they might get past those and be able to destroy the last stronghold of the taliban. they did lose many of the northern alliance

dana rohrabacher on emerging threats. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. minister, could you tell us you're asking for $20 million for your budget this year. is that right? >> 20.1 billion. >> 20.1 billion. okay, how much of that is disaster assistance and how much of that is long-term country building a? >> well, sir, it depends on the accounts and one thing that we have tried to do is use disasters the instance of longer-term systemic developments on the philippines. we have the energy system and the water system back up and running and we do that using a combination of the saucer funds and developmental assistance. but in general the humanitarian accounts are the international disaster assistance for peace and another of other accounts and they probably total may be 4 billion, three to 4 billion in total depending on which accounts. >> about 20% would be disaster assistance of what you're asking for in the budget. >> i would not state it that way, but we can come back and be precise about the answers. but yes, it is a portion of the $20 billion. >> let

dana rohrabacher, chairman of the subcommittee on emerging threats. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. administrator, could you tell us from your asking for what, $20 billion for your budget issue, is that right? >> 20.1 billion. >> 20.1 billion. how much of that is that disaster assistance and how much of that is, let's say, long-term country building aid? >> well, sir, it depends a bit on how we count the accounts. one of the things we tried to do is use disaster assistance to support longer-term systemic developments on the philippines. we got the energy system and the water system back up and running within a few weeks, and we did it using a combination of disaster funds and development assistance. but in general, our two-minute to accounts are called it become international disaster assistance, food for peace, and a number of other accounts. they probably total maybe 4 billion from three to 4 billion in total come to be a which account you look at. >> 20% would be disaster assistance of what you're asking for in the budget? >> i wouldn't stated that way, but we could com

dana rohrabacher, chairman of the subcommittee of europe,ure asia and -- eurasia. >> mr. administrator, can you tell us -- you're asking for $20 billion for your budget this year, is that right? >> $20.1 billion. >> $20.1 billion. how much of that is disaster assistance? and how much of that is, let's say, long-term country-building aid? >> well, sir, it depends a bit on how we count the accounts. one of the things we tried to do is use disaster assistance to support longer term systemic developments. in the philippines, we got the energy system and the water system back up and running within a few weeks, and we did that using a combination of disaster funds and development assistance. but in general, our humanitarian accounts are called international disaster assistance, food for peace and a number of other accounts and they probably total maybe $4 billion, $3 billion to $4 billion in total depending which accounts. >> 0% would be disaster assistance of what you're asking for in the budget? >> i wouldn't state it that -- 20% would be disaster assistance of what you're as