Thom Tillis

Strong, reliable, predictable IP rights are paramount to incenting U.S. innovation.

This bill, I believe, restores patent eligibility to important inventions across many fields.

At some point you only have so much money, and it is going to create stressors.

Yes, I am glad you are optimistic and you look at your hiring practices.

And so I think in your testimony you said currently VBA is 51 percent below tracked backlog projections and peak backlog is supposed to be estimated between 450,000 and 730,000 by October 2023 and April 2024, respectively.

Well, that is good feedback. We will make sure our office catches up with the decision process, but that sounds rational.

I worked a lot on the PACT Act. The TEAM Act was in there, Camp Lejeune toxics, and then I voted against it.

I think that will get our facts right.

I appreciate you being here today.

We also have approximately $1.2--$1.3 billion locked up that we have not been able to get access to.

I want to thank Senator Welch--we have had several different discussions about how we go about attacking and creating a sustainable change in the trajectory of drug pricing in this country.

To me, it is one of the critical areas that we need more clarity in to really have a more robust economy and to incentivize innovation.

I did want to reemphasize the counterfeit goods.

I have a belief that Congress probably needs to do something, too.

I think the patent system works best when there are clear rules of the road to guide inventors and businesses.

This bill, I believe, restores patent eligibility to important inventions across many fields.

Strong, reliable, predictable IP rights are paramount to incenting U.S. innovation.

A legislative solution is necessary to provide an appropriate patent eligibility framework to ensure the future of American innovation and American leadership in the world is secure.

At some point you only have so much money, and it is going to create stressors.

Yes, I am glad you are optimistic and you look at your hiring practices.

And so I think in your testimony you said currently VBA is 51 percent below tracked backlog projections and peak backlog is supposed to be estimated between 450,000 and 730,000 by October 2023 and April 2024, respectively.

Well, that is good feedback. We will make sure our office catches up with the decision process, but that sounds rational.

I worked a lot on the PACT Act. The TEAM Act was in there, Camp Lejeune toxics, and then I voted against it.

I think that will get our facts right.

We will keep those in mind, but just make sure you communicate with mine and Senator Coons' office on other things that we should be doing.