Mr. President, I come to the floor today to speak on an issue that is of great importance to small businesses and independent inventors everywhere--patent reform. I understand that the Senate Judiciary Committee has been hard at work…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Kaufman). The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3335, as Modified

At the appropriate time, I will call up the amendment for a vote and further debate. I wished to make sure we have the modification in. I have now suggested a pay-for for it. I again thank Members for being helpful to us. We thought…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and to call up amendment No. 3335 for the purposes of modification only. I have already spoken about the amendment at length. I have already submitted a lot of…

They have written a very lengthy letter saying why the amendment I am offering is so important. In addition, I am happy to say, today we got a very strong editorial in the New York Times, which does not always write favorably about some…

I rise to speak for a few minutes while we are in a quorum call and trying to decide how we are going to proceed on this bill, to speak about a very important amendment that, hopefully, at some time as this debate moves forward, could be…

Madam President, I know we have returned to H.R. 4213. It is my intention to call up amendment No. 3335, sponsored by myself, Senator Cochran, Senator Wicker, and Senator Vitter. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the pending…

Madam President, I spoke at length about this amendment today, so it is not necessary for me to go into a great deal of detail. I offer it on behalf of several Senators from the gulf coast in order to help extend the placed-in-service…

Mr. President, on behalf of myself and my colleagues Senator Lincoln, Senator Chambliss, Senator Shaheen, Senator Murkowski, Senator Barrasso and Senator Byrd, I rise today to submit a resolution in support of the goals and ideals of…

I wish to speak for up to 10 minutes as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Ms. LANDRIEU pertaining to the submission of S. Res. 419 are located in today's Record…

Madam President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts is recognized.