Patrick Leahy: “I commend you for your poise, your endurance, your thoughtful answers.”

I understand the floor vote is going to be soon. I ask unanimous consent that it be after I finish my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I can say with absolute certainty that the proposed rules directly conflict with the legislation on a variety of matters, especially on provisions that limit access to the PTAB.

We thought that the decision that was made was prudent and long overdue.

in 1988, after speaking with Bobby Muller, a Vietnam veteran who was wounded and later founded the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation--VVAF--to help alleviate the suffering of Vietnamese and Cambodians who were badly injured in the…