The 'No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act', or 'NOPEC', is a bipartisan bill whose enactment is long overdue.
Bob Goodlatte
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Bob Goodlatte is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Virginia's 6th congressional district from 1993 to 2019. During his tenure, he was known for his work on issues related to agriculture, technology, and internet policy. Goodlatte played a significant role in introducing legislation such as the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 1999 and the Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act. He also served as the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, where he focused on matters including intellectual property and immigration reform.
There is really no excuse for what the oil cartels have gotten away with over the years.
It is my honor to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), a gentleman who can speak well of the role that law enforcement officers play in saving lives. He is the chief majority whip of the House of…
I do not have any additional speakers and am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
It is my pleasure to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Taylor), the chief sponsor of this legislation.
The chairman does not have any additional speakers. I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.
May I inquire how much time is remaining on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Higgins of Louisiana). The gentleman from Virginia has 13\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Texas has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining.
This is a good bill, I urge my colleagues to support it, and I yield back the balance of my time.
May I inquire how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Lamborn). The gentleman from Virginia has 2 minutes remaining.
At this time I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), who is from music- loving Tennessee and a great champion for the music industry and people who love music around our country.
May I inquire how much time is remaining on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Donovan). The gentleman from Virginia has 46 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Maryland has 32 minutes remaining.
It is my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Ferguson).
It is my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bacon).
I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Newhouse).
It would be best if Congress legislated permitted streamlining reform applicable to all projects before FAST-41 sunset can arrive.
These reforms mean faster decisions and faster delivery of jobs and investment for projects that win a permitting green light.
The Judiciary Committee has been doing everything it can to fulfill that mandate including on the regulatory reform front.
America's voters sent the 115th Congress to Washington to do one thing above all others, help turn around this Nation's struggling economy.
At this time, it is my pleasure to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick), the chief sponsor of the legislation.
For many patent trolls, their weapon of choice was a business method patent.
Such patents harm innovation by blocking off broad areas of endeavor, and not giving inventors enough room to innovate.
The system was clogged with numerous low quality patents that had slipped past the Patent and Trademark Office.





