Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the time. Earlier in the debate, I jumped ahead of myself and addressed the issue of pleadings and discovery costs during the Watt amendment about fee shifting. So I will focus on fee shifting now. The provision…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, while Mr. Rohrabacher and I do not agree on the underlying bill, I do support his amendment. The Innovation Act would repeal section 145, the right of a patent applicant to appeal an…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, I am afraid I must oppose my colleague's amendment. I believe that the amendment would basically gut core elements of the Innovation Act protections for small business and leave small…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the House bring up the Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 59, to open the government and go to conference on a budget so that we end this Republican government shutdown and stop holding the economy…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as my friend and colleague Representative Swalwell has pointed out, the government shutdown is causing serious damage to our country. The shutdown is putting Americans out of work and…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1897, the Vietnam Human Rights Act. I am proud to be an original co-sponsor of this legislation, and I thank my colleague Mr. Smith for introducing it. This bill would prohibit any increase in…

Thank you, Mr. Visclosky. Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote on the amendment. Why? Because it restates current law, and current law has been interpreted by the administration in a way that is, frankly, contrary to the intent of the…

I want to talk about the much ballyhooed oversight. Every year, there is a report to the Judiciary Committee, an annual report, on section 215. This year, the report was eight sentences--less than a full page. To think that the Congress…

Madam Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to a member of the Judiciary Committee, the gentlelady from Texas, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I think this is, in many ways, a very sad day for this House. As we know, last week there was an uproar in the country relative to a statement that few women become pregnant from…

I wonder if the gentlelady has additional speakers, because I would reserve. We have no additional speakers at this time, and if she has additional speakers, she can call them, then we will both wrap up.

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Keating), a former prosecutor and valued Member of our Congress.