And live on cspan3, on capitol hill a senate sshdary subcommittee will be hearing about fraud in trade marks. Thanks for accommodating the scheduled change today. We left the senate floor where senator Johnny Isaacson gave his Farewell Speech and may friend and colleague Ranking Member corns is down there now bidding him farewell on the speech. He and senator isaacson worked a long time together. Its fitting senator coons is there because in many respects he embodies alt a lot of the same attributes as senator isaacson in terms of working torgt together on this committee. When he comes in he will intersquekt. But in the meantime we will get to your opening statements. We are here to talk about the issue of fraudulent trade marks. As earn knows trade marks are the back bone of any businesss brandon and operations. A good trademark allows a brand to easily identify and distinguish itself from competitors. Aed good trademark allows good will consumers and differentiate goods and services.