Roy Blunt

I think what Senator Portman and I thought when the President said for these three trade agreements to be voted on, we had to have trade adjustment assistance. We looked at the negotiated package. It was not exactly what any of us who…

I thank my good friend. A robust prior user right is not needed in today's first-to-invent regime. This is because, if a prior- user was sued for infringement, the patent could be invalidated under section 102(g)(2) because the prior-user…

However, as noted a moment ago, the utility of the prior user defense is linked to its clarity surrounding its scope and its limitations. Many innovative companies may be reticent to opt for the protection of prior user rights for fear…

I thank my colleague for his willingness to discuss this matter here on the floor of the Senate. It is my reading of the bill's language under section 5 that prior use rights shall vest when innovative technology is first put into…

I thank my colleague from Vermont. If he would permit me to clarify this matter further. Am I correct in understanding that, so long as that use begins more than 1 year prior to the effective filing date of a subsequent patent or…

I thank my colleague. Let me illustrate by showing the impact of the ambivalence of the statutory language on agricultural research which is a major industry not only in Midwestern States like Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois…

a significant change contained in H.R. 1249 from S. 23, the version of the bill debated and overwhelmingly passed by the Senate earlier this year, is the inclusion of the defense of prior commercial use against infringement of a later…

I rise in support of the bill. I would say for the second time in about a week I have come to the floor to speak after one of my friends on the other side who is talking about what we ought to be talking about, and both times they were…

I appreciate you holding this important hearing this afternoon and for allowing me to make a few brief comments and observations.

We have come a long way in terms of automobile safety in the past 30 years in reducing the number of accidents on our Nation's highways and the number of fatalities and injuries that result.

I thank the President for recognizing me, and I will speak and then look forward to hearing the remarks of my good friend from Iowa. I agree with the simple premise of what Mr. Wyden had to say. I think private sector job creation should…

It was. The Birds Point verdict, for instance, since that was technically man-made.

We are rebuilding lots of public facilities in Joplin, Missouri, and obviously had people that had nowhere to go.

Thanks, Senator. It happens that both Joplin and St. Louis are both served by for-profit utility companies.

conversations continue today about exactly how we are going to meet the financial obligations our country faces. A fundamental question on hand seems to be do we borrow more and spend more or do we make the serious decisions that will get…

It shows we have been 800 days without a budget, and basically 800 days without any structure or process of how we spend the people's money. It has been 800 days since the last time we could come up with an appropriations process, so maybe…

I will. I also asked the Senator about his view of this budget situation. The Presiding Officer and I were secretaries of state together some time ago and have known each other a long time. I am glad to have him in the chair as we have…

I would like to say to both Senator Sessions and Senator Johnson, who were primary leaders in this idea that we shouldn't go home, that Republicans shouldn't vote to adjourn, that you were going to object to things that didn't relate to…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. THE NATIONAL DEBT

I am pleased to have a chance to talk about the work I think we should be doing this week and surely will do in the weeks to come. We are really discussing who we are going to be as a country, what model we are going to follow. Are we…

I am pleased to join my friend Senator Carl Levin in introducing this legislation to create a new U.S. Department of State special envoy for religious minorities in the Middle East. As we observe the political upheavals occurring…

Congressional oversight is fundamental to who we are and to our system of government.

I think this regulation matters a lot.

You have to be the guy that says we've got to have more certainty.

the advocacy of the risk-reward philosophy of capitalism is a key job of the Secretary of Commerce.