Nonpracticing entities or patent trolls have created a new business model that takes advantage of our patent laws in our court system.

OK.

I have been critical of previous administrations both Republicans and Democrats concerning this issue.

I am disappointed that the administration isn't taking more of a role, let alone they are not taking an aggressive role that I would like to see.

Thank you.

Thanks very much, and I appreciate the testimony of the panelists.

Look, we can put a man on the moon and we can transplant a heart, and we can figure out a way to transport LNG from the U.S. overseas.

A reform that includes accumulated savings has a huge advantage.

They collect nothing. They have nothing--nothing to pass on to their kids.

Both the Social Security and Medicare programs face substantial financing shortfalls that require legislative corrections.

the program is insolvent. The present value of the promised benefits is much greater than the present value of the revenue that is meant to pay those benefits.

Tax increases are not the answer. Tax increases will not bring the spending growth in line with GDP growth, and will be economically destructive.

I and Ranking Member Pallone felt it important for the members of this subcommittee to hear the pros and cons of potential policies in this space.

Representatives Mike Rogers and Doris Matsui introduced H.R. 2869, a proposal that would require Medicare to pay for cancer services at the same rate regardless of the site of service.

Representative McKinley has authored H.R. 4673, a bill that would combine the various post-acute care payments into one reimbursement payment or bundle.

Lower-income workers have not enjoyed the extension of life expectancy that others have.

Today's hearing is designed to educate members on a topic that has come up repeatedly in recent years: site-neutral payments.

It is for Nigeria to create a relief fund and for the State Department to encourage them to do something for all of those families and pronounce it publicly and nationally.