10/21/2009
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"Under Federal regulations and according to all available precedent, the appointment of special counsel is reserved for extraordinary circumstances."
"most of your progress, or much of it, is going to be obstructed by the appropriation processes in the legislative body."
"H.R. 3349, the Innovation Protection Act. It's bipartisan legislation that establishes a permanent statutory funding mechanism for the United States Patent and Trademark Office."
"That determination is what democracy is all about."