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The 3,000-year old city of Xi’an was the capital of the first Chinese feudal dynasty. The city is world renowned as the home of the largest collection of ancient terracotta warriors. Every visitor to Xi’an is amazed by the sophisticated culture preserved in these terracotta sculptures. However, attendees at this year’s DESSC China Summit held in Xi’an May 18-19 were even more impressed with high [...]
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the State Department’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. It’s a title that barely fits on a business card, but a job that is essential to the long-term success of the tech industry and the continued strength of the digital economy. For nearly four years, the post has been held [...]
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After many weeks, when the focus of those of us deeply involved in skilled immigration reform has been on the U.S. Senate, our attention today shifts to the U.S. House of Representatives, where Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and other members of Congress have introduced a good piece of legislation that will serve as a starting point for reform in that chamber. The Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants [...]
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Earlier this afternoon, I testified before a congressional subcommittee on what policy insiders refer to as Dodd-Frank Section 1502. Translated, that’s a provision in the 2010 financial reform law that requires publicly traded companies to disclose through a Securities and Exchange Commission report whether they source specific minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or adjoining [...]
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The cameras were rolling in the Dirksen Senate Office Building today as Michigan Senator Carl Levin gaveled in his hearing on Apple’s tax practices. The news accounts will cover the fiery exchanges between senators (Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, for instance, said that the hearing had one purpose, namely “to bully one of America's greatest success stories . . . If anyone should be on trial here, [...] -
Two big things happened on immigration reform today on opposite sides of Capitol Hill. First, on the Senate side of the ledger, the Judiciary Committee reached agreement on proposals from Senator Hatch of Utah to improve the H-1B mechanisms in the bipartisan Gang of 8 legislation. If enacted, these proposals would strengthen the H-1B system while protecting American workers. Simply put, these improvements [...]
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Apple's Tim Cook is testifying in front of a Senate subcommittee on what Apple sees as a vastly simpler corporate tax structure to replace the outdated, overly complex structure that the U.S. has today. Listen to what he had to say in his opening statement. We'll have updates later this afternoon.
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UPDATE: Listen to Dean's opening statement at the hearing (MP3). On Tuesday afternoon, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will dive into an examination of the communications supply chain. ITI CEO Dean Garfield will testify about our sector’s 24/7/365 approach to managing and mitigating security risks to the reliability of our products and services, and the [...]
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Tomorrow, Apple CEO Tim Cook will put forward the tenets of a reform plan that could fix the broken, antiquated U.S. tax code. His testimony before a Senate panel will focus on shaping a competitive, market-based tax code that has a lower rate and enhances American innovation. We need to responsibly modernize our tax structure, to help American companies create jobs and new opportunities here at [...]
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We all know that it’s easy in Washington to make almost any issue political, including tax policy. However, there is a clear difference in asking legitimate, tough questions in a political atmosphere versus asking politically charged questions under the guise of legitimacy. Unfortunately we are about to see more of the latter from Michigan Senator Carl Levin when the former is what’s needed. Tomorrow, [...]
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