On the recordSeptember 8, 2011
I would urge my colleagues--because I rebut Senator Sessions' amendment--to keep in mind that when somebody tells us this is to bail out one company, understand that one company has gotten justice from the judicial branch of our government because a judge has said for that company that they were denied their rights under the 60- day rule to file for an extension of patent. So what that judge said was bureaucrats in our agencies acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner by not having the same rules that designate when the 60-day period of time starts. So we have a judge that says so, so maybe people can refer to that opinion and get what they want. But we ought to have it in the statute of what is uniform, and that is what the bill does, and the Sessions amendment would strike that. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont has the remainder of the time until 4 p.m.
