Thomas Massie actually said...

If companies couldn't recover their cost? That should be a fairly simple question to answer.

The U.S. Congress shall have power to promote the progress of science and useful arts by securing, for limited times, to authors and invento...

90 percent of the prescriptions that are written and filled in the United States, roughly, are for generic drugs.

That is 20 years from when the invention occurs, and like you said sometimes you are only left with a few years to try and recoup the invest...