WASHINGTON, D.C. –
Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) will assemble witnesses from the private
sector to determine whether the Department of Homeland Security is effective in
keeping counterfeit products, including prescription drugs and semiconductors
used by the Department of Defense, out of the US marketplace. Chairman
McCaul will also examine whether the Obama administration’s new tactics on
enforcing immigration laws in the workplace have contributed to a dramatic
decrease in arrests and convictions since 2008.

Examples of counterfeit products and
supply chain breaches include:

• The US military purchased 59,000
  counterfeit microchips from China in 2010.
• Ken Wang, owner of a
  Houston-based company, trafficked into the US counterfeit
  prescription drugs including 6,500 loose Viagra tablets containing
  a substance used to manufacture sheetrock. Wang fled to China
  before he was convicted in March 2011.
• An Iranian arms broker working for the Iranian
  Ministry of Defense obtained $1million a year in equipment from
  US companies used for attack aircraft, missiles and target acquisition.

DATE:

TODAY, Thursday, July 7, 2011

TIME:
10:00AM ET

LOCATION: 311 Cannon House Office Building

Washington,
D.C.

Live Web Stream on Committee
Website

WITNESSES:

Mr.
Brian Toohey

President

Semiconductor
Industry Association

Mr.
Michael Russo

Director of Global Security and Product
Protection

Eli
Lilly and Company

Mr.
Mario Mancuso

Partner

Fried,
Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Ms.
Jena Baker-McNeill

Senior Policy Analyst, Homeland Security

The
Heritage Foundation

Chairman McCaul on the
hearing:

“When counterfeit
prescription drugs enter the marketplace or cheap imitation parts breach a
semiconductor manufacturing plant it costs American businesses revenue and
jobs. When sensitive equipment falls into the hands of rogue nations, it
poses a threat to our national security. It is the responsibility of the
Department of Homeland Security to protect intellectual property, safeguard
against counterfeit goods, maintain the integrity of export supply chains and
to ensure that businesses are in compliance with our immigration laws in order
to maintain a level playing field. The private sector will testify to the
effectiveness of DHS’ current enforcement measures and their impact on the
bottom line of our nation’s job creators.”

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