Killing coal and eventually natural gas production in my State will saddle my constituents already struggling in this sluggish Obama economy with higher utility prices on par with those experienced in heavily regulated States such as…

Let me be clear. The EPA is now saying they are going to come after our woodstoves.

Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Kentucky will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting…

Madam Chair, I want to briefly tell you about a young boy who grew up in modest surroundings in rural Kentucky. Although he had no money, he was inspired to invent. So he collected junk to build his inventions--broken clocks, radios…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 5, redesignate subsequent sections, and amend the table of contents accordingly. The…

Madam Chair, section 5 of this bill shares a common defect with the rest of this bill. Although well-intentioned, it will have bad effects on our patent law. In fact, it will affect legitimate patent-holders as much or worse than it would…

Mr. Chairman, section 5 remains overly broad. The former Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office told me as early as yesterday that we are playing with fire with section 5. That is why I urge my colleagues to oppose…

I am scheduled to speak at two of these robotic contests in Kentucky this weekend, not to inspire these kids to be politicians, but to inspire them to be inventors. Should this bill pass, should we kick the ladder out from our young…

residents of rural areas, like myself, who rely on wood heat as an affordable, abundant, renewable, and you will like this, carbon neutral source of heat energy, are perpetually perplexed by the EPA's fascination with regulating this form…

you can promise us today that if Americans like the wood stove they have, they can keep it, period?

You realize that is going to be perceived that way if you don't hold these hearings?