Political Quotes

“if we had to patent the way Congress is considering this bill, no one would claim to be its inventor. This is a disgrace. One of the most important bills to come before this Nation in 60 years concerning manufacturing and patentability of articles and processes is so limited that the Democrats have given just 4 minutes of their 30 to two people on the other side. They owe them an apology. They owe them at least another hour of debate. The American people deserve a lot more debate than that. An amendment was filed at 2:46 yesterday before the Rules Committee, the manager's amendment. One of the groups that contacted us representing pharmacies and labor unions and Caterpillar and all kinds of manufacturing organizations got a hold of it, finally had to analyze it overnight because of the complexity of the issues, and said, my gosh, this could destroy the system of patent law and protection of patent holders in this country. What we are asking for is the opportunity to be able to explain it. Members of Congress should not be placed in the position of choosing between innovation.”