Woman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I am pained to be here today in opposition to this bill. I stood shoulder to shoulder with the chair of our full committee 2 years ago in patent reform after working almost 6 years to find…

I thank the gentleman for yielding time. Mr. Chairman, I want to rise not so much in opposition to the manager's amendment, but in opposition to the bill and so that we can try to make sure that people understand what it is that they are…

I have an amendment at the desk which was made in order under the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 5, insert the following after line 23 and redesignate…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from North Carolina will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Polis The CHAIR. It is now in…

I am wondering, if you think this is redundant and extraneous rather than contrary to the intent, why wouldn't we just accept the amendment and keep going?

As I have no further speakers, I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan, commonsense bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

For the record, I neglected to indicate in my comments that our colleague, the chair of the subcommittee, announced last week during the period that we were out on the Veterans Day district work period that he was not planning to run for…

I simply wanted to rise and pay tribute to the memory of my dear friend and colleague, Major Owens, who passed last week. I express my condolences to his family. As new Members, we take for granted sometimes that there is a system in place…

I object to that ruling, and I would ask the Speaker to reverse it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. There is no ruling pending at this time. There is nothing for the gentleman to object formally to.

I ask unanimous consent to restore the time to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern). The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from North Carolina?

Whose time got charged with the last two unanimous consent requests? Both were one sentence, and you're saying they were charged. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts' time has been charged.