week to take the next step, to speak to the chairman of the house judiciary committee privately, lamar smith, who's a republican. who also has worked on this issue for years. you had leahy, a democrat, on the house side you've got lamar knit, a republican -- lamar smith, a republican, who wants to move forward. this could get enacted into law, and intel's right in the middle. we're very hopeful. >> host: is there anything you'd like to see in the house version of the bill that's not in the senate version of the bill? >> guest: we would like to see a process at pto called interparties review which is fair and appropriate administratively so that there's not litigation. there's a way to judge how patents are issued and the elements of those patents and do it on a less costly basis. we spend $125 million on patent litigation often times down in texas, and we fight, and we fight hard because we have plaintiffs who sue us, these nonpracticing entities, and we believe in the products and our patents. we have 46,000 patents in our portfolio, so this is a drag on our ability to innovation. -- innova

you had leahy a democrat on the house side and lamar smith a republican who wants to move forward. this is an area where something could get enacted into law and intel is right in the middle. we are very hopeful about legislation in the form area. >> guest: is there anything you would like to see in the house version of the bill that is not in the senate version of the bill? >> guest: bill? >> guest: we would like to see a process at pto called interparty review which is fair and appropriate administratively so that there is not expensive litigation. there is a way to judge how patents are issued and the elements of those patents on a less costly basis. we spend $125 million on patent litigation oftentimes down in texas and we fight and we fight hard because we have plaintiffs who sue us, the practicing entities and we believe in the products. we have 46,000 patents in our portfolio so this is a drag on our ability to innovate. it is frivolous litigation we are not the only one to suffer from this. microsoft and other tech companies suffer like we do. >> host: peter cleveland when

. >> la medida representada por lamar smith le da al departamento de seguridad nacional el mantener aitución. >> la unión norteamericana para los derechos civiles, dice que la legislación es injusta. >> no podemos apoyar un sistema de inmigración que deja a la persona en detención sin acceso de corte o un tiempo indefinido. >> en los estados unidos podemos y debemos hacer mucho mejor. >> en el 2001 la corte suprema admitió que no pueden estar detenidos más de 6 meses. >> pero smith dice que a veces es necesario detenerlos por más tiempo cuando son peligrosos o no quieren cooperar. >> grupos que quieren limitar la operación es una buena idea. >> esta propuesta de ley es para tratar asuntos de criminales que están en peligro a la comunidad y si ellos no van a cooperar en su deportación, entonces no hacen ningún sentido dejar ellos libres en la comunidad para cometer más crímenes. >> de aprobarse la ley cubriría a detenidos que han pedido asilo y a inmigrantes. >> es importante recalcar que esto aplica a personas que son inmigrantes en los estados unidos, ya sea que sean indocumentados o

>>josÉ, yo lo veo difÍcil porque en la cÁmara de representantes, miembros del congreso como lamar, smithmitÉ judicial de la cÁmara, en la cual, la vÍa a una legalizaciÓn tiene que pasar, asÍ que creo que es bien difÍcil. ahora, creo que en esta temporada de las elecciones que se aproximan para todos los miembros de la cÁmara, un tercio del senado, el presidente de los estados unidos, es el momento de nuestra comunidad para presionar y decirle a cualquier persona que viene a pedirle su voto, sea para el presidente, el senado o la cÁmara de representantes, cuÁl es tu posiciÓn sobre una reforma migratoria, cÓmo es que vas a votar, porque yo voy a decidir basado en lo que me digas. >>senador robert menÉndez del estado de nueva jersey, gracias, amigo por estar con nosotros. >>gracias por informar a nuestra comunidad. >>muchas gracias. y con eso vamos a una breve pausa. vamos a continuar hablando del tema de la reforma migratoria y mucho mÁs al regresar aquÍ en "enfoque", quÉdese con nosotros. [♪] perdí mi tarjeta de crédito... desapareció. -voló. -ipúf! alguien usó mi tarjeta... ...y se fue d

lamar smith and the house has a bill to make e-verify the system to check the stat us of every employeendatory. and until you do things like that, all this is just smoke and mirrors. >>> want employers to become police officers? >> of course. of course. i want them to be able to know -- >> you want them to take the wrath? >> i want them no know whether they're hiring legal or illegal people. >> see the papers? yeah, of course. >> how far does that go? >> it don have to go far. you just check whether they're legal or not. >> do they have to check become with washington? >> yes, there's a database that hooks into the federal government, and you find out. and until you have something like that -- [everyone talking at once] >> unless you have something like that, employers in a double bind because they don't know whether they're hiring legal or illegal people and then the federal government comes in and enforces on them and -- >> my heart -- may heart beats for the poor corporations who are -- and poor employers who have gotten a free ride hiring people for less than they're worth. >> that'

i applaud our chairman, lamar smith. the for the leadership he has shown since the last congress and the subcommittee chairman mr. ross and committee chairman mr. coble for their co-sponsor ship of the bill. [talking over each other] >> the doors of the church are open. i yield back the remainder of my time. >> thank you. without objection, opening statements will be part of the record. i would like to invite our panel to be seated and i will introduce you after which we will allow five minutes to summarize your testimony before we go into questions. with us today is mr. robb and atkinson, founder of innovation technician -- innovation in washington d.c.. he is author of the global race for innovation and why the u.s. is falling behind. he has background in technology policy. before coming to itif he was director of the policy institute technology new economy project. he wrote numerous research memoranda on innovation technology including ecommerce and innovation economics. our next witness is mr. russ brubaker who is ta

. -- next is lamar smith. >> apparently the democrats still think that increasing taxes is going to create jobs. but i am not aware of any time in american history where that has worked. on the other side, republicans and those of us on the judiciary committee have come up with any number of ways to create jobs. first, we can cut the burdensome regulations that cost employers billions of dollars. the judiciary committee has passed patent reform at bill that allows better patents to be approved more quickly, and also protect intellectual property. this will create many thousands of new jobs. america must also attract more skilled workers to start businesses and to keep our high- tech companies competitive with other companies across the world. this means more h1b visas, and this, too, is a guaranteed job generator. on the other side, there are higher taxes, and on the other side, a check on regulations, better patents, more skilled workers. the judiciary committee not only protect the constitution, we create jobs. i think kevin brady of texas is the next. [unintelligible] [laughte

. >> it remaineds me of lamar smith. i have worked with him on a number of issues and testified in committees on law enforcement issues. for him to write a six-page letter demanding they sue the state of utah, how dare they get involved in a federal issue. for him to say that when he's done nothing to resolve this issue where it is there authority. as soon as he came out with the comment, i remembered the time i bought my little girl a sand box. it was a big turtle. she came in and said, tomny's playing in my sand box. i said, it's okay, there's room for both of you. she said, i wasn't playing in it. but he is. what's he doing? building a castle. what were you doing? but it's my sand box. get him out of it. i said, what were you going to do? i was going build a cast wl a mote. no, she didn't. i made that part up. there's huge pressure on him. immediately, i guess that's why when d.o.j. heard i was here yesterday, they asked me to stop by. >> was that one of the public rooms? >> they said, now, you're republican right? yo

it is what lamar smith says he is for.will see a big debate in this congress for firing as many unauthorized workers as possible. we see more of the strategy being debated in this congress. there are others of us who feel differently. ok? i may be of the left, but i am a free-market democrat. i believe in the pre-market. i have seen the labor migration to the united states for 100 years and it has picked up in intensity. i am a realist. there was a migration in the united states from the rural south to the industrialized north. right? that is one of the great labor migrations of the last 100 years. the same phenomenon has been happening the last 25 years. it will pick up when growth picked up. people from the rural south of the border are coming to the new immigrant states in the south and in the west in particular, as well as the traditional gateway cities, looking for better opportunity. let me give you an example, mecklenburg county, were charlotte, north carolina is. during the boom times, nine out of 10 new workers co

i applaud the chairman, the distinguished chairman lamar smith and the leadership on this issue and going back to the previous congress. i thank the subcommittee chairman, mr. ross, and mr. koa pell for their sponsorships. i believe you're co-chair? >> today i am. >> the doors of the church are open. i yield back my time. >> thank you, mr. cohen. other members' opens staples are made part of the recordment i want to invite the pam to be seated, and i will introduce you after which we'll allow you five minutes to summarize your testimony before we go into questions. with us today is mr. rob ackenson, the founder of technology and innovation in washington, d.c., author of the coming book and has a background in technology policy. before coming to itif, he was vice president of the aggressive poll sieve institute and director of policy institute's technology and new economy project. while at ppi, he wrote numerous research papers on innovation policy including e-commerce and economics. our next witness is mr. russ who serves as tax policy adviser. . . and represented the tax agencies of the

now, it also should be noted that chairman lamar smith, at the request, when it was brought to the attention by some of us on the committee, also sent a letter to the attorney general requesting information about the very same things and in fact there was a memo that was involved and we -- chairman smith, on behalf of the judiciary committee, requested a copy of the march 31, 2010, memo entitled declineation of prosecution of omar ahmad from assistant attorney general david chris to acting attorney general gary grimler. if i understand it, chairman king got a response, very unsatisfactory. basically they're not telling him anything. and if they follow that tradition, chairman smith's not likely to get much of an answer. but it causes great concern because we have the attorney general, who has testified before the committee this week, to one if his department was involved in advising or consulting over that. yet, we have information about a memo which may contradict the attorney general directly, and if that's the case he would have given false information before a committee not once but a nu

it's what, for example, lamar smith head of the house judiciary committee says he's for. and we will see a big debate in this congress in a mandatory e-verify which is a technical term of firing as many unauthorized workers in hopes they will pick up and go home. so we're going to see more of the enforcement-only strategy being debated in this congress. there's others of us who view it differently. okay, i may be of the left but i'm a free market democrat. i believe in free market. i've seen a labor migration from south of the border to the united states in the last 100 years. i'm a realist about these things. 100 years or more ago there was a migration to the rural south to the industrializing north, right? that was one of the great labor migrations of the last couple 100 years. the same phenomenon has been happening in the last 25 years. it's picked up and now with the recession it slowed down but it will pick up again when growth picks up. is that you have people from the rural south of the border coming to the new immigrant states in the south and in the mountain west

it's what, for example, lamar smith, head of the house judiciary committee, says he's for.ll see a big debate in this congress over something called mandatory everify, which is a very technical term for, firing as many unauthorized workers as possible in hopes that they pick up and go home. so we're going to see more of the enforcement-only strategy being debated in this congress. there's others of us who view it differently. ok? i may be of the left. but i'm a free market democrat. i believe in free markets. i've seen a labor migration from south of the border to the united states for the last 100 years. and it's picked up with intensity. i'm a realist about these things. you see, 100 years ago or more in the united states, there was a migration from the rural south to the industrializing north. right? that was one of the great labor migrations of the last couple hundred years. the same phenomenon has been happening in the last 25 years. picked up. and now with the recession it slowed down. but it will pick up again when growth picks up. and then you have people from the r