I yield myself 3\1/2\ minutes. Madam Chair, I rise to urge adoption of the Baldwin-Sensenbrenner amendment that strikes section 5 in the America Invents Act. Section 5 expands the prior-user rights defense from its present narrow scope to…

I yield myself 15 additional seconds. If we let section 5 stand, it is unclear to me whether a similar company would ever secure the funding that they need to grow. I urge my colleagues to adopt the Baldwin-Sensenbrenner amendment. I…

I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner). The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Wisconsin is recognized for 1\1/ 4\ minutes.

Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Wisconsin will be postponed. Amendment No. 4 Offered by Ms. Moore The Acting…

And if you look at tapping into these oil reserves, what does that do to endanger the security of this country? As the gentlelady knows, in the South, whether it's tornadoes or whether it's floods or whether it's hurricanes, things happen…

I agree. Americans are sick of being lied to. We're going to level with the American people. We just had a joint economic hearing a couple of days ago, and we learned that it is 18 percent more expensive to manufacture in America as…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I agree with most everything you said tonight, but I have to disagree with you on one point. With regard to Medicare, the President does have a plan. I talk to seniors all over my district. One of the…

Madam Chair, 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 Wisconsin will be postponed. Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Manzullo The…

I yield myself the balance of the time. Madam Chair, the reason that first-to-invent is important is that it allows an inventor to talk to investors, conduct trial and error innovation and deal with leaks, because commercially important…

Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Zoe Lofgren).

I yield myself an additional 15 seconds. First-to-file also invites excessive filing and will add to the burden of the USPTO by increasing the examiner's workload. We already have financing problems there. If this amendment is not adopted…

I yield myself 1\1/2\ minutes. Madam Chair, section 3 of this bill creates a first-to-file patent system. The sponsors believe that the United States should harmonize with other countries' first-to-file systems. There's no reason to do…

Madam Chair, this expansion of prior-user rights is a step in the wrong direction. It goes against what this House determined 4 years ago when we last debated this issue, and also it is different than what the Senate has done in March of…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 3 (``First Inventor to File''), as amended, beginning on page 5, line 1, and…

Can the gentleman from California please explain to the House how we're going to cut spending by violating our CutGo rules with a $717 million waiver when the gentleman from California has already chastised the Judiciary Committee for…

Madam Chair, this manager's amendment is substantive. It contains provisions that should not be buried in a manager's amendment, and it should be defeated. First of all, it does maintain the fee diversion. It maintains the fee diversion…

Mr. Chairman, in the first day of this session we all took an oath to preserve and protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. And a day or two later, for the first time in history…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the move by the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi) to delay consideration of this rule, and I want to talk about the patent bill specifically. The Rules Committee granted a waiver of CutGo rules to…