Ranking Member Johnson's Opening Statement at Hearing on US Patent Office

Judiciary: House Committee · March 25, 2026

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Opening remarks and brief procedural asides

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A committee member greets Chairman Issa and Director Squires, offers the director a brief break, and frames the hearing as routine; establishes the speaker's familiarity with past USPTO director hearings.

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A House Judiciary Committee member criticized the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and its director at a hearing, accusing the agency of partisan shifts, citing morale problems, layoffs, exploration of a patent tax, and the cancellation of a planned Southeast regional outreach office in Atlanta.

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