I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote was taken by…

I am opposed to the bill in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Hochul moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 1892, to the Permanent Select Committee on…

My amendment will very simply help the intelligence community prioritize its funding and ensure that we direct it toward securing our borders from many threats--terrorists as well as drug dealers. I want to be clear that support for my…

10 years ago, the horror of 9/11 struck this great Nation. But in its aftermath I have never seen this Nation or this Congress so united and so determined to make sure that we protect our citizens and that it does not happen again. We came…

I thank the ranking member for his leadership in so many ways before this Congress, and Chairman Rogers for his lifetime commitment to protecting Americans even as a former FBI agent. I want to underscore what the ranking member said. The…

This summer I heard one message over and over as I visited my district: We need to create a jobs program to get our people back to work. I was sent to Washington to work with anybody and everybody who's willing to put aside the partisan…

Our unemployed are hurting, and America's infrastructure is crumbling. It would seem morally indefensible and fiscally irresponsible not to take the opportunity to help solve one problem by addressing the other. The latest data from the…

The American people sent us here to work together and are tired of the partisan bickering and the finger- pointing. I think it's very important tonight, as we listen to the President talk about creating jobs, that we work together to work…

Yesterday I came back from a trip to Israel, and I wanted to share with my colleagues some of the things that are going on currently in the Middle East and some of the things that will happen within the next couple of weeks. First of all…

Madam President, I would like to clarify the record on a few points related to section 18 of the America Invents Act. Section 18, of which Senator Kyl and I were the authors, relates to business method patents. As the architect of this…

My friend from Illinois is correct. I have previously inserted into the Record a March 3 letter from the Independent Community Bankers of America which stated that ``Under the current system, business method patents of questionable quality…

A patent holder whose patent is solid has nothing to fear from a section 18 review. Indeed, a good patent will come out of such a review strengthened and validated. The only people who have any cause to be concerned about section 18 are…

Madam President, I rise today to urge this body to complete the extensive work that has been done on the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and send this bill to the President for signature. The America Invents Act has been years in the…

Mr. President, we are now approaching the 10th anniversary of 9/11. As with countless others who experienced all that happened that day, recounting 9/11, assessing its implications on our Nation is both a profound and deeply personal…

Mr. President, how much time is left on the majority side in morning business? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 19 minutes remaining. ____________________

No. Patent holders who have generated productive inventions and have provided large numbers of American workers with good jobs through the development and commercialization of those patents are not the ones that have created the business…

Madam President, I rise in opposition to the amendment of my dear friend, Senator Cantwell. Business method patents are a real problem. They never should have been patented to begin with. Let me give an example: double click. We double…

Right. Their strength, their resilience is infectious. They motivate me. They fill my voice with passion. Again, I thank you for the wonderful support you have expressed today in caucus to do a stand-alone supplemental bill for the people…