Marcy Kaptur

I think it is an abomination that the automotive task force has not come before this Congress, either Chamber.

We are not going to have trains going 250 miles an hour in America.

If the train does not arrive on time in Spain, the people get their money back.

I wonder if you could discuss that with us for a moment.

I think that you have an enormous capacity to encourage.

I think people have ideas on energy and intermodal, and they need a way to do that.

We need one, because transportation still is the engine that will fuel the development that we want to see.

I want the encompassing vision that I talked to you about.

Do we have any problems that money won't solve?

We are going to have high-speed rail. It is the President's dream. It is something that he is committed to.

We could save a lot of money if we were to do this in a more intelligent way.

We are planning on convening sometime this summer in Ohio on that, and we would love to have someone from your Department join us on that.

As I said with Issa's choice, it is either being shot with a pistol or a rifle. It does not guarantee that once the patent is granted that that person can keep their intellectual property, can opt out and not have it published for that…

I would like to defend your labor credentials. You voted against NAFTA on this floor. You were a leader on your side of the aisle. That vote was proven to be right. What this is going to do, this is going to ``NAFTAtize'' the patent system…

I just would point out, in the area of biology and microbiology, the average amount of time for patent approval is over 40 months. So, in other words, your invention is out there, and you have no way to protect it globally.

I share the gentleman's value of free trade among free people, and I also believe it should be a two-way street. So when the United States has a trade imbalance with any country of over $10 billion each of three consecutive years, I think…

As a member of the Defense Subcommittee, the gentleman might be surprised to learn that today I spent part of my day learning that the U.S. Department of Defense main contract for procurement of tires for our vehicles, defense vehicles, is…

Absolutely. I don't think the average American understands how hard it is to get the money to start up your company. Once you have filed and gotten the patent itself, it is not easy if you are a small inventor. Why would you want to reveal…

I have many memories, but I shall never forget that. He was a gentleman of this House. I thank my colleagues very much.

Thank you very much, Ms. Waters. I could have no one that I admire more in terms of her love of community and her complete dedication to those who don't have enough voice in this Congress of the United States. To have that compliment from…

A debt-free America. And I thought, hey, wait a minute, which bondholders is he having dinner with up there on Wall Street? What is going on? And look at what happened on NAFTA. When the peso went south after NAFTA was passed, Wall Street…

Would the gentleman keep that chart up there? What amazes me about that statement is Mr. Gringrich was on the advisory board to the Secretary of Defense when the war started. He was one of the people giving advice. So he was one of those…

I have asked several economists, how do you describe where America is headed? They said, right now, based on these borrowings and the situation in our economy, America is in uncharted waters. She has never been here before.

And their parents have borrowed against their homes and home equity borrowings have risen to as high as they can go, and they can't be borrowed against anymore. The State of Ohio has the highest rate of home foreclosure in the Nation…

I just want to say this may be the first year America imports more food than she exports. This is not just a problem inside the borders of the United States. We have to keep our agriculture alive in this country, and it is becoming more…