Many of these business method patents were over broad or unclear, and they became prime targets for so-called patent trolls.

Whether or not the Attorney General's decision to fire Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was justified--and we cannot begin to know that until the inspector general's report is completed and published--none of us should take pleasure in this…

By most accounts, the CBM Program has successfully carried out its mandate of offering a cheaper and more efficient process than district court litigation.

the United States leads the world in innovation because our strong patent system helps translate creativity into economic growth

We have asked time and again for this committee to take action. In letter after letter, we have asked that the committee hold hearings on the President's overt attempts to undermine the Department of Justice.

As we speak, thousands of young people from across the country are gathered outside to protest gun violence and to ask, to beseech, to demand that we take action. Mr. Speaker, we know what to do. We know that we ought to amend the law to…

In other words, behavioral remedies are the only remedies and they do not work very well? Is that your testimony?

while I do not prejudge the merits of the proposed merger of CVS Health and Aetna, healthcare is an incredibly complex industry and we must consider carefully the potential impact of this transaction on competition and, ultimately, on…

The cost of health insurance has also grown dramatically over the past 30 years.

I appreciate the intent behind this amendment to make the notice provision of H.R. 620 slightly less onerous, and I acknowledge that it does so by eliminating the requirement that an aggrieved person cite in his or her initial notice to a…

This amendment does not appear to make any substantive change to H.R. 620. Whether or not the amendment is adopted, it still would be the case under the bill that a businessowner who fails to make substantial progress in removing an access…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote on passage of the bill will be followed by a 5-minute vote on agreeing to the Speaker's…