. >> host: and now joining us on "the communicators" is representative jason chaffetz, a republican from utah. he serves on the homeland security, judiciary and government reform committees. and he's here to talk about a couple of bills that he has introduced. number one is the saving high-tech innovators from egregious legal disputes, also known as the shield act. representative chaffetz, what does this bill do, and what does it address? >> guest: well, the idea is to make sure that technology can thrive in this country without these unwarranted lawsuits coming at people. patent reform is needed, particularly those people who are trying to put forward, you know, just sue everybody, particularly these small start-up companies. look, there is a way through the courts to be able to pursue justice, but if you have an act out there or if you have a lawsuit out there that has, is totally unwarranted, you're going to have to pay for that. so it's loser pays, and it's intended to make sure that we get rid of these unwarranted attacks on patents that really just aren't justified. >> host: could

joining us now is representative jason chaffetz, republican from utah. he serves on the homeland security judiciary and government reform committees. he's here to talk about a couple of bills that he has introduced. number one is the saving high- tech innovators from egregious legal disputes, also known as the shield act. representative tickets, what does this bill do and what does it address? >> the idea is to make sure that technology can thrive in this country without these egregious lawsuits coming at people. particularly those people who just sueg to everybody, particularly the small startup companies. there is a way through the courts to be able to pursue justice, but if you have a lawsuit out there that is totally unwarranted, you're going to have to pay for that. it is intended to make sure that we get rid of these unwarranted attacks on patents. >> can you give an example of an attack on a patent? >> we had jcpenney testify that they are just the end-user of a particular piece of hardware, and yet they were being sued for using this. if there is

>> if he was going to defer his pay take, including jason chaffetz, senator orin hatch and rand paul and senator ted cruz. >> when lawmakers are in session, working, they are considered essential. they are not considered expendable. >> reporter: the negative press sent lee's pr team scrambling. they issued a statement claiming lee had intended all along to donate his salary to charity but admitted that the senator's explanation was "muddy." lee's pr boss, brian phillips told 2 news in an e-mail that the senator didn't want to grand stand. he said "mike lee is not the kind of guy to make a big theater production about what and why he gives his money to charity. he is not ted cruz or rand paul." in addition to calling out those two senators, phillips has gone on to tell national media outlets 2 news got the story wrong and he'd ask for a correction but kutv stands by the story. the lee campaign is talking about the senator's paycheck donation plans, he was defending his plans to keep it. >> you don't want the lawmakers influenced in their decision-making by whether or not they're going

i hereby appoint the honorable jason chaffetz to act as speaker pro tempore on this day.igned, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. haplain conroy: let us pray. loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we thank you for your ongoing presence and sustaining grace in us all and your concern for our nation. continue to bless and inspire the members of the people's house. may they be encouraged in the movement that has occurred and may the hopes and prayers of the american people and indeed the world that a break in our current impasse may be imminent be fulfilled. forgive our failures. forgive our lack of faith. may the good intentions of all acting in this house be rewarded by solutions to our struggles that benefit our nation. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause

issa, should also be noted that the chairman of the subcommittee on national security, my friend jason chaffetz, also signed that letter. so, that certainly caused some digging in our office to find out what this was about. and then we find information .bout demos.org report by lisa jade bennetts, called "building a healthy democracy." registering 68 million people to vote through health benefit exchanges. well, that's interesting. makes you wonder what they're up to. they're involved in this health are.org, apparently. and their own information, from demos.org, says they're going to use the health benefit exchanges apparently to try to register 68 million people to vote. so while people in america, and i've talked to many who are just scared because they've got someone sticking their family -- they've lost their insurance that the president promised they could keep, they're scared about the super high deductibles they've gotten, they're scared that under obamacare they have been sentenced to go from full-time work to part-time work, which means, as i've heard from some, that, gee, that means w