The amendment I am offering today addresses the most pressing concern my constituents have with the National Flood Insurance Program, and that problem is inaccurate flood maps. I certainly understand that the NFIP is on shaky financial…

I rise to support the Connolly-Peters amendment because times of fiscal restraint force us to prioritize. However, I am disappointed that the Republican bill prioritizes the needs of extremely profitable private companies over the…

I rise with the assistance of my good friends, Tom McClintock of California, Lynn Woolsey of California, and Barbara Lee of California. It is my Libyan amendment, again, which would prevent funds appropriated in this act from being used to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

Rising unemployment continues to populate the headlines. An article last week by the AP points out that several cities in my State of Michigan, including Battle Creek, which I have the privilege of representing, endured big increases in…

I appreciate the opportunity to rise and come before this body to talk about something that I think is a key question that the American people have. We are dealing with a lot of weighty issues these days--Afghanistan, Libya, the debt…

I would like to yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts, Ed Markey, of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

I am proud now to yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from Kansas, Mike Pompeo.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan will be postponed. Amendment No. 10 Offered by Ms. Speier The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I yield myself 2\1/2\ minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, this bipartisan amendment adds an important provision to H.R. 1249. It would permit the conversion of the United States to a first-to-file system only upon a Presidential finding that…

I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from California, Dana Rohrabacher, be added to this amendment as a cosponsor. The Acting CHAIR. The Chair would advise the gentleman that amendments do not have cosponsors.

This bipartisan amendment makes a technical revision to H.R. 1249. It addresses the confusion regarding the calculation of the filing period for patent term extension applications under the Hatch- Waxman Act. By eliminating confusion…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following new section (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 32…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Baldwin The Acting CHAIR. It is…

While our President telegraphs to our enemies a timeline for ending the war that they are certainly willing to continue to commit to, while military efforts continue in Libya with uncertain, undisclosed, and unsuccessful outcomes led by…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 24, strike line 3 and all that follows through page 25, line 12, and insert the following: (n)…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 139, insert the following after line 12 and redesignate succeeding sections (and conform the table of…

While the America Invents Act makes a number of important changes to our patent system which are targeted at reducing the USPTO's backlogs and driving innovation, I believe that we must do more to help our Nation's small businesses compete…