senator kunz: this has been a solemn week in the u.s. congress, where we have been challenged and reminded to put our country over the party in the interests of the american people over partisan politics. we have seen overwhelming evidence that clearly suggests president trump engaged in serious misconduct, that he prre

senator johnny isaacson gave his farewell speech if my friend and colleague ranking member senator kunz, is on the right now getting them farewell. and senator isaac, prolonged time together and dissipating that he is down there in many respects, a lot of the same attributes of senator ike six in terms of working together particularly on this committee. so when he comes in, let him interject but in the interest of time will make sure that we can continue get your opening statements. we are here today to talk about the issue of fraudulent trademarks. because everyone here knows this back on many operations of the business is pretty good trademark allows the brain to easily identify and distinguish itself from its competitors. the trademark allows companies to build goodwill with and differentiate the goods and services. while trademarks are important to every business, there especially good to retail and small businesses. mom-and-pop shops. unfortunately in recent years the united states has seen a surge in fraudulent trademark applications. according to the wall street journal from 2013

senator johnny isaacson gave his farewell speech if my friend and colleague ranking member senator kunz, is on the right now getting them farewell. and senator isaac, prolonged time together and

let's bring in amanda kunz, the director of communications for the visitors bureau.n't know about fredericksburg, is wine country, it's the second most popular wine tourist destination behind napa. why do people love it so much. >> here in fredericksburg, we're centrally located. it's an aa macing place to have -- aa macing plac -- amazing ple the epicenter of texas wine country. we have 5 50 wine and tasting rooms. cheryl: the local economy is very dependent on tourists because fredericksburg has those german roots. you're not just growing grapes but you're also growing a culture based on german history. >>s absolutely. well, our whole economy is really based on agriculture many it was and still is primary an agricultural community. so most of our acreage is used for ranching and farming and peach production and grape growing. everything really does tie back to our german roots. you'll see that in our architecture, in our events, and just our entire town and our culinary, everything. cheryl: the food is great. as our viewers h know, i'm from texas and i've been ther

gotas senator kunz said, we a tiny bump up yesterday for every million dollars we end up with another it-10 rounds. apologize, folks. we are going to cut the panel short. the members have all fled to the floor. we will also lead to the floor. i want to thank you for your important input. we have your written records. we appreciate the time and attention you have given to us. thank you so much. we will keep the record open for one week for members wanting to submit items for the record. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> c-span's "washington journal live every day with issues of policy issues that impact you. we kick off this week with breitbart.com entertainment editor jerome hudson who discusses his book, "50 things they don't want you to know." also, lisa davis with share our strength discusses the no caps on hungry campaign to combat childhood hunger in the u.s. and be sure to watch authors this week. starting at 8:00 eastern each morning on c-span's "washington journal." the acting customs and border protection commissioner mark morgan discusses his agents effo

senator kunz: this has been a solemn week in the u.s. congress, where we have been challenged and reminded to put our country over the party in the interests of the american people over partisan politics. we have seen overwhelming evidence that clearly suggests president trump engaged in serious misconduct, that he pressured and arrived vulnerable foreign country to help him in his upcoming reelection effort and then refused to hand over relevant documents or testimony to cover that up. these are grave allegations. every democrat in the united states senate takes them very seriously. our founders insisted that no one, not even the president, is above the law. and this fundamental principle remains the linchpin of our system of government. to ensure that principle is upheld. -- to ensure that principle is upheld, the founders trusted congress with the sacred power of impeachment. the house is given "the sole power of impeachment" and the senate is given "sole power to try all impeachments." fulfilled its role, conducting an open, fair and