those lawyers in many cases, either you or ms. ky, that said that lawyers had not been in he facility. so i'll ask each of you, first to ms. shah, what does that list of plaintiffs look like? when you've got a lawyer with 100 suits that are copied and pasted, what's the list of the plaintiffs look like on each of those suits? ms. shah: in my case it's just one plaintiff. he's using -- the attorney's using that one plaintiff to fish out other properties in the area and slap the same lawsuit on them. mr. king: have you looked at the plaintiffs in those other lawsuits that were filed by the same attorney? could it be the same plaintiff in some of those cases or even all of them? ms. shah: yes. in this case it is the same. my father received the same lawsuit, same number of pages, same attorney, same plaintiff, at his property. mr. king: there are 98 others out there. what's the likelihood that that same plaintiff has also been utilized by the same attorney in a number of other cases in addition to you and your father? ms. shah: there is

those lawyers in many cases, either you or ms. ky, that said that lawyers had not been in the facility. so i'll ask each of you, first to ms. shah, what does that list of plaintiffs look like? when you've got a lawyer with 100 suits that are copied and pasted, what's the list of the plaintiffs look like on each of those suits? ms. shah: in my case it's just one plaintiff. he's using -- the attorney's using that one plaintiff to fish out other properties in the area and slap the same lawsuit on them. mr. king: have you looked at the plaintiffs in those other lawsuits that were filed by the same attorney? could it be the same plaintiff in some of those cases or even all of them? ms. shah: yes. in this case it is the same. my father received the same lawsuit, same number of pages, same attorney, same plaintiff, at his property. mr. king: there are 98 others out there. what's the likelihood that that same plaintiff has also been utilized by the same attorney in a number of other cases in addition to you and your father? ms. shah: there i

>> thank you, ms. ky. ms. shah, critics of legislative efforts to allow for a cure period prior to commencing a lawsuit under title iii of the a.d.a. have argued that the property owners have a legal obligation to ensure their property's accessible to the disabled. these critics argue that a notice and cure legislation would create a further incentive for property owners not to comply with a.d.a. until they're sued. how would you respond to that criticism? >> thank you, mr. chairman. you know, i respond to the critics by saying that the fact that they're having an issue with the grace period to begin with shows and implies that they're not here to promote accessibility. all of us here in this room support the a.d.a., support americans with disabilities. we promote it. we think it's great for america. in fact, we want to fix any issues because ultimately that attracts customers to our business and we want to grow our business. so we're automatically incentivized. so a notice and cure provision would help us fix

. >> and i thank you, ms. ky. and i now recognize our second witness, ms. shaw. is the microphone on? >> chairman -- >> ms. shaw you may have to bring that closer to you, i'm not sure what -- >> distinguished member, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. it is an honor to appear before you to share my story. my name is lily shaw and i'm a second generation hotel year and attorney from georgia. my parents my grated from india in the 1980s and bought their first hotel in milledgeville, georgia. i spent my first eight years of my life on days inn, 30 years later my family owned several hotel that is employ nearly 400 people. i own two hotels that amount to 150 guest rooms and employ over 20 dedicated employees. i'm here representing the asian american hotel association, members own over 40% of all hotels in united states and employ over 600,000 american workers accounting to $10 billion to payroll annually. recently small businesses have come under attack by plaintiffs seeking to make a quick buck. to advance the corrupt goal. that manipulate one of the im

ms. ky operates and manages a doughnut shop owned by her mother. her family's business has been the summit of abusive ada -- the subject of abusive ada lawsuits. .. the witness is david weise. mr. reese is executive director, executive vice president and council of the er corporation. a company that owns and manages retail properties. each of the witnesses written statements will be entered into the record for its entirety. i would ask each witness to summarize his or her testimony in five minutes or less. to help you stay within the time there is a timing light in front of you. the light switches from green to yellow indicates you have one minute to conclude your testimony. when the light turns red it indicates your five minutes have expired. before i recognize them i will swear you in. please stand. >> for those of you who cannot stand, just -- do solemnly swear that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god. >> god. >> i do. >> let the record reflect that the witnesses answe