Blake Moore

My amendment would ensure that we have the proper data to identify and work with sectors of the U.S. economy that are participating in the patent process at significantly lower rates. Specifically, my amendment allows the USPTO to develop…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 139, insert the following after line 12 and redesignate succeeding sections (and conform the table of…

I certainly again want to commend efforts from Director Kappos and the Patent and Trade Office that, despite their not having to do it, they do reach out to women and minority communities to try to get them to utilize the Patent Office. I…

I can tell you that one of the most heartbreaking experiences that I have had as a Member of Congress is to watch this Congress attempt to balance the deficit and the budget on the backs of infants, on the backs of children who need their…

Thank you so much for yielding. I just wanted a few seconds to clarify something I have heard over and over again. We continue to say that first they have come after the seniors with Medicare and Medicaid and now they are coming after the…

Thank you so much to the gentleman from Georgia. I rise to support this omnibus amendment and for the purpose of directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to examine its practices on how it plans to rehabilitate and reuse national…

I rise to support this amendment. In fact, I had an identical amendment to strike this restrictive language with respect to the Urban Area Security Initiative. In fiscal year 2010, over 60 urban areas, including my own City of Milwaukee…

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Wisconsin is recognized 5 minutes.

Health care costs are a crisis in every American family. Every family is one surgery, one heart attack, one cancer diagnosis, one aging spouse away from financial ruin. But health care costs are also a crisis for business, both small and…

The Congressional Black Caucus, the conscience of the Congress, rejects cuts that wage war on the poor and war on the working class. There are 43 of us from 21 States, and we represent over 30 million people. We are aggrieved that…

On rollcall No. 265, had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.

I think that budgeting is not just about numbers and figures; it's about values. I think that the Republicans have made it very, very clear that they want limited government. They particularly don't want government enriching the lives of…

Thank you for yielding, gentleman, and thank you for putting together this Special Order. I can tell you that it has been very distressing to watch the progress of this budget being put together for the American people. And part of the…

I would like to yield some time to my good friend, the ranking member, the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Rahall).

I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin. This bill, as I understand it, will authorize $47.5 billion over the next 4 years to improve our Nation's aviation system; and we all want small businesses to be able to fairly compete for that piece…

In reclaiming my time, I would just say I really appreciate the generous offer of the gentleman, the chair of the committee, to work with me on it. I think a demonstration project would have accorded us an opportunity to show you this, but…

This amendment encourages the development of aerotropolis transportation zones. Let me start out by congratulating and thanking the committee for including the Cohen amendment in the underlying bill, which would direct the FAA to adopt…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 256, after line 9, insert the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 814…

My amendment is fairly straightforward. We all understand that small businesses are critical to the economic vitality of our communities and of the Nation. Small businesses, however, face many obstacles in trying to win Federal contracts…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 256, after line 9, insert the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 814…

Thank you so much, gentlelady from the Virgin Islands. I am so pleased that you put this Special Order together to memorialize the contributions that African American women have made in this, our month of March, a tribute to all women. As…

The check is small. {time} 1740 There is some talk of requiring them to move from 28 hours of work a week to 30 hours of work a week and reducing the amount of child care that they can get. Again, the theme for this budget, our Governor's…

There are some things that I don't understand. Now, another myth and an untruth that has abounded in this debate is that somehow these public sector employees who are very well educated-- I mean, some of them are nurses, school teachers…

Exactly. That is the same reason that the Governor, then- county executive, lost his case by firing those 26 guards because he is creating, once again, the same pattern, creating a false emergency.

As my aunt used to always say, the truth will set you free. And I hope that those who have watched this debate will try to see through some of the partisan bickering that has gone on. Just to reinforce a few points that we've made, the…