Marcy Kaptur: “I rise in support of the Rohrabacher substitute and against H.R. 400. Mr. Chairman, I wanted to read into the Record…”

“I rise in support of the Rohrabacher substitute and against H.R. 400. Mr. Chairman, I wanted to read into the Record some of the organizations that are opposing H.R. 400 and supporting the Rohrabacher substitute, organizations like the Alliance for American Innovation, the American College of Physician Inventors, the American Small Business Association, the National Association for the Self-employed, the National Association of Women Business Owners, the National Congress of Inventor Organizations, the National Patent Association, the National Small Business United. These are not insignificant organizations. The Patent Office Professional Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, from my home State. This is a very small, partial list. The Small Business Legislative Council, the Small Business Technology Coalition, the Small Entity Patent Owners Association, United Inventors of America. One of the great scholars of our time, Franklin Modigliani at MIT, a Nobel laureate. These are not insignificant organizations, nor individuals; inventors like Dr. Paul Burstein, the inventor of rocket motor inspection systems, or Gertrude Elion, the inventor of leukemia-fighting and transplant rejection drugs. There are people here who recognize what is being proposed in the base bill is in fact a significant departure from current practice.”