this is in the chairman of the full committee lamar smith of texas has been working on the patent reform for many years, as have i., and he has asked me with being very fast out of the gate on the patent reform. in fact, i left a patent reform hearing to come over and be with you right now. fortunately i was able to get my portion done and someone else, the vice chairman of the committee, took over to recognize many other members who were there. lots of interesting things both in the congress and the various sectors of the economy, not just, you know, the technology sector, but obviously very keen interest. we have run into a number of problems in the past congress and trying to get to the finish line. the house passing legislation that foot couldn't get through the senate and the senate passing legislation that was not of interest to many of the people who are in the intellectual property at tickets. so we are now both in a bipartisan and a bicameral way working very hard to try to find what patent reforms are necessary to enhance job growth in our country and what can get across the fi

>> congressman lamar smith of texas has been working on putting perform for many years, as have i.. he has tasked me with being very fast out of the gate on patent reform. i left a patent reform hearing to come over and be with you right now. fortunately, i was able to get my portion done there. there were lots of members interested in this, both in the congress and in various sectors of our economy, not just the technology sector. obviously a very keen interest there. we have run into a number of problems in past congresses in trying to get to the finish line, the house passing legislation that could not get to the senate, the senate passing legislation that was not of interest to many of the people who are intellectual property rights advocates. we are both in a bipartisan and a bicameral way working very hard to try to find what patten reforms are necessary to enhance job growth in our country and what can get across the finish line to be signed into law by the president. that, i think, focuses for most on the efficiency of the patent office, both in terms of how quickly they can

in the house it's seen efforts over the same period, led by congressman lamar smith of texas.and howard berman of california. the legislation we're considering today in fact is structured on the original house bill and contains many of the original provisions. from the beginning, we each recognized the need for a more effective and efficient patent system, one that improves patent quality and provides incentives for entrepreneurs to create jobs. a balanced and efficient intellectual property system that rewards invention and promotes innovation through high-quality patents is crucial to our nation's economic prosperity and job growth. it's how we win the future, by unleashing the american inventive spirit. this bill -- the america invents act -- will allow our inventors and innovators to fluor ierchlt and it will do it without adding a pen nay to the deficit. not a time in taxpayer money is spent on the patent and trademark office reforms. they're all funded by patent fees, not taxes. the america invents act will accomplish three important goals. it'll improve and harmonize op

conyers: i thank the gentleman, lamar smith, chairman, for his generosity. i will now divide two minutes, plus one minute, and that allows me to give one minute to hank johnson, one minute to sheila jackson lee, and one minute to dennis kucinich. a minute and a -- a minute and a half to ms. jackson lee. and a minute and a half to kucinich. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. jackson lee: i'd like to extend my appreciation to the gentleman from texas for the time. all three issues have been laid out to the three elements. i'd simply like to pose a question to my colleagues, we know we have a problem with the three remaining, intrusive, and i believe unconstitutional provisions. we know ranking member conyers has explained we were not absent, we did not have the lights out under his jurisdiction, we actually pursued this. we couldn't get an agreement. we couldn't move towards the floor. so the question now is, we realize a roving wire tack is intrusive and the lone wolf provides a problem. so the question is,

have passed out without the help of new gingrich, without spencer abraham or connie mack, without lamar smithnd 400,000 green cards were made available with that legislation. certainly many of those are u.s. citizens come people facing imminent deportation before that legislation. president bush and senator cornyn has pointed out not only made a genuine effort, he assigned to members of his cabinet, carlos gutierez and the other distinguished chertoff members of the cabinet. they were continuously meeting with us. both sides of the aisle trying to make progress and get legislation passed. i went to see president bush along with other members of the hispanic caucus. president bush made a genuine efforts juxtaposed of that, friends, as senator cornyn has pointed out with what we've seen under the leadership of president obama and mrs. pelosi. mrs. pelosi did not permit anything related to immigration to even reach the house floor until it was simply window dressing in the lame-duck session after they had received a great defeat of 2010. that's reality. i agree. they don't want to see legislatio

i want to thank congressman shuler, congressman lamar smith, congressman dan lungren for support he me in this bipartisan effort -- for supporting me in this bipartisan effort. this will give enforcement the resources they need to protect the most vulnerable. the chair: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: we're spleesed -- pleased to accept the amendment. the chair: the gentleman accepts the amendment. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you very much. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. carter: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. 165. choipt clerk will designate the amendment. drn the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 165, printed in the congressional record offered by mr. carter of texas. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. carter:

johnson: i want to thank my friend and sponsor of this bill, chairman lamar smith, for his continued efforts to strengthen the operations and efficiencies of the federal judiciary and urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan legislation and i -- and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: i have no further speakers on this side, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. johnson: i have no further witnesses, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 394 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules -- mr. smith: i ask for the yeas and nays on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until downed. a sufficient number