And where you have a patent system that can be abused by the patent holders, and they go beyond the period of exclusivity, it is brutal on the cost of healthcare for American employers.

House Republicans are fulfilling our commitment to our country's veterans by fully funding veterans' healthcare programs, veterans' benefits, and Veterans Affairs programs in the fiscal year 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs…

I was proud to introduce the Black Vulture Relief Act of 2023 with my friend from Florida, Representative Darren Soto.

This week, House Republicans are continuing to deliver on our commitment to America--a Nation that is safe--by providing the Department of Defense with the facilities it needs to protect us from foreign adversaries. One of the bills we…

It is really important, your responsibility, to have patents issued timely, appropriately, for innovators.

There are no two stronger champions of the intellectual property rights of innovators and patent holders than the two leaders of this Committee, Senator Coons, Senator Tillis, and I support your efforts in that respect.

I don't get it where you get a patent, let's say for 20 years and it goes on for 30 years or 35 years.

What is the ability and the commitment of the Patent Office to stop the extension of that period of exclusivity and monopoly power that has been so consistently abused by the drug companies to rip off American taxpayers, American…

But what I have seen is, in particular in the drug industry, an abuse by patent holders of that period of exclusivity.

It is really important, your responsibility, to have patents issued timely, appropriately, for innovators.

There are no two stronger champions of the intellectual property rights of innovators and patent holders than the two leaders of this Committee, Senator Coons, Senator Tillis, and I support your efforts in that respect.

my colleague the Senator from Arizona speaks and spoke with the authority of a person who committed his life, before he came to the U.S. Senate, to the service of our country in the military. I do not speak with that authority. I speak…

I want to know what you see as the obligation of the Patent Office to not--on the one side, protect the patent rights of the intellectual property holders, I get that, but the abuse by the patent holders to extend beyond the period of…

It should be a fundamental right for farmers to protect their livestock when threatened by predatory actions of black vultures.

For the first time in my entire tenure in Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives will be considering two appropriations bills this week that cut wasteful spending. Before the fact-checkers come after me, I will go ahead and say that I…

But what I have seen is, in particular in the drug industry, an abuse by patent holders of that period of exclusivity.

I don't get it where you get a patent, let's say for 20 years and it goes on for 30 years or 35 years.

And where you have a patent system that can be abused by the patent holders, and they go beyond the period of exclusivity, it is brutal on the cost of healthcare for American employers.