"Last year, I led the bipartisan effort to pass the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act to enforce laws against stealing America's intellectual property."
"I am glad we are having this hearing because, as we all know, intellectual property is critical to our Nation's economy."
"The Patent Reform Act is about jobs, about innovation; it is also about consumers."
"This year, we are working to make additional progress by modernizing the United States patent system."
"Unquestionably for IBM, patent reform will increase the value of our company in a number of ways."
"We worked together with 21 Senate cosponsors, Republicans and Democrats, our House counterparts."
"I do not think we can continue with a 50-year-old system."
"I am just not willing to join in the acknowledgment of failure of Congress performing its vigorous oversight responsibilities, which I think creation of such a commission would amount to."
"It is far better for American foreign policy if we acknowledge willingly what went right and what went wrong."
"I believe that that might best be accomplished though a nonpartisan commission of inquiry."
"I think there should be U.S. Attorneys asking those questions and possibly filing indictments."