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 Nebraska (Mr. Smith).

America's voters sent the 115th Congress to Washington to do one thing above all others, help turn around this Nation's struggling economy.

These reforms mean faster decisions and faster delivery of jobs and investment for projects that win a permitting green light.

It would be best if Congress legislated permitted streamlining reform applicable to all projects before FAST-41 sunset can arrive.

The Judiciary Committee has been doing everything it can to fulfill that mandate including on the regulatory reform front.

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.

A strong and healthy patent system is important to the economy, and to American technological leadership.

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.

I have one speaker remaining, and I reserve the balance of my time.

May I inquire how much time is remaining on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia has 8 minutes remaining. The gentleman from New York has 9 minutes remaining.

I appreciate the chairman's good work on this legislation. In my district and in many rural communities around the country, wood burning stoves and heaters are a popular heat source, and an affordable one as well; and it is a renewable…

I think that we have to work together to find more flexibility for them so they are not swept up and treated the same way as other people who may well deserve to be in a class action.

Nevertheless, Mr. Chairman, I will support this bill since its strong reforms will allow State and local prosecutors to vigorously enforce the law against some of the worst criminals in society today. This bill will allow law enforcement…

This amendment makes small but important changes to the bill. Most significantly, the bill narrows the class of defendants covered in the new section 2421A, which criminalizes the deliberate promotion or facilitation of prostitution. As…

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 5, beginning on line 12, strike ``contribute to sex trafficking'' and insert ``websites that…

I urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 2…

I must oppose this amendment because it would completely gut the notice and cure provisions, which are the core provisions of this bill. The need for a notice and cure period has been highlighted in congressional hearings since the early…

I oppose this amendment, as I indicated, because the ADA is a regulation-based law, and those regulations are constantly changing as new technology changes and as accessibility to new features that businesses offer are desired by those in…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, but I do not oppose the amendment. The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I have no further speakers. I urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Denham). The amendment was agreed…

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 6 minutes remaining.

It is my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Woodall).