We need to unclog the system to ensure that true innovators are given fair opportunity to enforce their patent rights.

we have no examples that we have any knowledge of where the law in this regard has been upheld by the Justice Department.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act. I think on both sides all we talk about is creating jobs. For 6 years, this project has been studied. We hear that…

I think it has been clearly established here so far that I don't think there is anyone in the room that would not acknowledge that there at least have been instances, as you have brought up, in the thousands, perhaps, in fact, certainly…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding time and the work you have done on this bill. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 1 to approve the Keystone XL pipeline after what has turned out to be an unacceptable 6-year delay by the Obama…

Mr. Speaker, as you can see, this is a very passionate issue for many of us--not just because of politics but because this is about the heart of our Nation. This is the basis, the foundation of our Nation. I now yield to a good friend and…

What can the CFTC do to help to remedy these delays? Do you need additional authority in the Commodity Exchange Act in order to help in resolving this issue?

Providing relief to the end-user community through much-needed clarifications of the law will continue to be my focus on this Committee.

I look forward to an update on the Commission's continued rulemaking as they go forward, and I believe about 80 percent of the rules have been completed.

One of the Agriculture Committee's top priorities for this year is to again pass legislation to reauthorize the CFTC.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of my Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Alabama for those passionate words. Mr. Speaker, I now yield a portion of my time to the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mooney), my freshman colleague.

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the fine remarks by the gentleman from Florida. I now yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus), the State from which our Declaration of Independence was passed and the very Constitution we are…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend and colleague from West Virginia. Mr. Speaker, as you can tell, we have people from all over this great Union that have risen here today to speak, not just from the South. I would like to yield a portion of…

I thank my friend from New Jersey for those appropriate words. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to my good friend and freshman colleague from North Carolina (Mr. Walker).

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate all of the comments that have been made here today. As you can tell, this is not a party issue. This is not about Republicans or Democrats or conservatives. This is about our Constitution. This is about American…

I thank my good friend from the Grand Canyon State. No truer words have ever been spoken. Mr. Speaker, many of us sat in this very room back in January, and we listened to the President as he gave his State of the Union Address. He…

Mr. Speaker, we have heard from Representatives of the people of this Nation from all across the country. So far, I have yielded to Representatives from Florida, Alabama, West Virginia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Arizona, and New Mexico…