Political Quotes

“Again, my hope is that we have the opportunity to continue to work to get where all of us would like to be. My amendment is very simple. It requires the PTO director in consultation with other relevant agencies and interested parties to conduct a study to examine the economic impact of the litigation reform contained in the bill, sections 3, 4, and 5 of this act, on the ability of individuals and small businesses owned by women, veterans, and minorities to assert, secure, and vindicate the constitutionally guaranteed exclusive right to inventions and discoveries. In essence, I think it brings all of us together to be able to ensure that we promote this body politic of inventors, the people who built America. This is, in essence, to follow in the constitutional mandate to promote the progress of science and useful arts by securing for limited times to authors and inventors an exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. In my earlier discussions I said the wise persons of the constitutional construct recognize the importance of inventiveness. I have with me a chart that recognizes some of our great African American inventors: Madame C.J. Walker from Granville Woods invented a device that allowed for messages to be sent from moving trains and railway stations; Patricia Bath invented a method for removing eye cataracts. Great women inventors: Mary Anderson invented the windshield wipers.…”