You have an FTC which probably does not have the resources to match yours and the pharmaceutical industry.

Many more cases settle without pay-for-delay than with pay-for-delay.

What incentive do they have not to do it?

It seems to me the evidence suggests that just putting it back to rule of reason should have--should do the trick based on the evidence that is being adduced by my colleagues on the panel.

It is the pay-for-delay settlement that we have concerns about, Senator Grassley and I, Senator Vitter and Senator Franken.

it is entirely proper to put the burden on the drug companies to demonstrate that actually these have a pro-competitive, not anti-competitive impact.

So that is why we were coming up, Senator Grassley and I, with a way to sort of even the playing field.

I think the door was opened, and we have come up with what I consider a reasonable compromise in this bill.

we really do believe we need functioning courts.

we were ministers of justice and that we did our job best when we had worthy opponents.

we need this to have the Justice Department function.

Mr. Chairman, this amendment requires the Secretary of Education to conduct a study to examine underperforming school districts, whether equal educational opportunities are being afforded to students in those school districts, and the…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Rokita).

Mr. Chairman, I rise to claim time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota is recognized for 10 minutes.

Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my point of order, and I rise in opposition to the motion to recommit. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The point of order is withdrawn. The gentleman from Minnesota is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Speaker, what States and school districts are asking for and have been asking for and clamoring for is more flexibility and less Federal mandates so they can address the individual needs of their students. We should not tie the hands…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that, in the engrossment of H.R. 5, the Clerk be authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross-references, and to make such other technical and conforming changes as may be necessary to…

Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota is recognized for 5 minutes.