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We cannot let that happen.

Chairman Leahy and I and several of my other colleagues across the aisle have introduced legislation to try to reform this process in one form or another.

It is rare that a freshman from the minority party gets to chair a Committee proceeding like this one

Our bill will help guarantee these landmark trade deals get done--and get done right. First, the bill updates TPA by addressing 21st century issues. What are these issues? Nonscientific barriers to U.S. agricultural products, unfair…

I appreciate my colleague from New York. He is a great Senator. I understand his concern here, but we ought to do this in accordance with regular order, especially on the Finance Committee, to get to where we work on these matters and get…

Congratulations to Vince on his accomplishments during his tenure as AdvaMedDx chairman, and best wishes to AdvaMedDx for many future successes. ____________________

AdvaMedDx also has established itself as a global leader, driving collaboration with allied associations in Europe, Canada, Brazil, Japan, and Australia.

During Mr. Forlenza's tenure as chairman, AdvaMedDx doubled the size of its membership and established itself as a credible voice on health care policy in Washington and around the world. Under Mr. Forlenza's leadership, the diagnostic…

The diagnostics sector spans thousands of different kinds of tests, from blood tests for cholesterol to new genetic tests that identify cancer variants and match patients to the most appropriate drugs. Diagnostic tests facilitate…

I thank the Senator from Vermont and the Senator from Washington for providing clarification on this issue. I am happy to hear that the legislative intent of the budget deal is to continue the use of the not-for-profit student loan…

I think it is important for us to keep our focus on bad behaviors within patent litigation rather than focusing on anything that would tend to minimize or undermine the rights of property owners of intellectual property interests.

I do believe that action by Congress is warranted, and I do believe that there is empirical evidence to point that out.

Thank you. And, Mr. Rao, how do you respond to the argument that access to justice will be limited?

But you would not disagree that we could also just decide that we want to clarify the issue on our own?

I am curious to know why you seem to believe that the courts, rather than Congress, should address these issues...

Our fee-shifting language, similar to the test used in current law, would require courts to award attorneys' fees to the prevailing party.

With regard to some of the pleading requirements and the filing requirements that we have talked about, aren't we really talking about infringement here?

And as you know, one of the litigation reform measures that Chairman Leahy and I have included in this legislation deals with the customer problem...