mr. berman: i yield back the balance of my time. mr. smith: i do ask that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: i want to again thank congressman frank wolf, chairman wolf, for his eloquence and passion for those men and women and children of faith who suffer terrible, terrible injustices around the world, including persecution. the book that got me involved in all candor in religious freedom issues, there were two incidents in my first year in congress, 1981, tore ture by richard rembrandt, an evangelical pastor who spent years being tortured in romania because of his faith. and he made an appeal, he said do not sit idly by while men and women of any faith are being tortured and persecuted because of that faith. because it's not just the individual who suffers. the entire family suffers. and very often they are incarcerated and tortured as well. the other was a trip to the sovi

mr. berman, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. berman: thank you very much, mr. speaker, and, mr. andrews. i'd like the proponents of this legislation to look at this fact situation. let's assume there was compelling evidence that an employer decided to move a production line from one part of the country to another part of the country because he wanted to find a work force that was white and not african-american or not latino or there was more like -- or much more likely not to have women applying to work on that manufacturing line than where he was located. would anyone here suggest there should be a bill that notwithstanding title 7 of the civil rights act should let that employer with a discriminatory motive and a racist intention move his plant for that reason? this is not a bill about what an employer can or cannot do. this is a bill about motivation. the civil rights act 1964, the right of an employer to organize, form unions, bargain co

mr. berman introduced the first patent reform proposals. dozens of coverage hearings, markup sessions, briefings, countless meetings. through two presidential administrations and three congresses, it's final -- finally a reality. the leahy-smith america invents act is a bipartisan bill, a bipartisan accomplishment. we in washington can do for our constituents when we come together. i want to thank senator kyl for his work in bringing this bill to the floor of the senate twice. senator grassley for his commitment to making patent reform the judiciary committee's top priority this year, chairman smith in the other body deserves credit for leading the house consideration in this important bill and i look forward to working with him on the next intellectual priority, combating online infringement. i thank the members of the judiciary committee who worked together to get quorums, to get this passed, to get contributions. if i could, mr. president, i'd like to acknowledge several members of my judiciary committee staff, especially aaron cooper wh

mr. berman, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. berman: thank you very much, mr. speaker, and, mr. andrews. i'd like the proponents of this legislation to look at this fact situation. let's assume there was compelling evidence that an employer decided to move a production line from one part of the country to another part of the country because he wanted to find a work force that was white and not african-american or not latino or there was more like -- or much more likely not to have women applying to work on that manufacturing line than where he was located. would anyone here suggest there should be a bill that notwithstanding title 7 of the civil rights act should let that employer with a discriminatory motive and a racistntention move his plt for that reason? this is not a bill about what an employer can or cannot do. this is a bill about motivation. the civil rights act 1964, the right of an employer to organize, form unions, bargain collec

mr. berman and the support of mr. cantor on the republican side. i have a very hard time thinking of a wider range of bipartisan support than that. and provision is simply about how to calculate filing dates for patent term extensions, though its critics have labeled it something a lot more. a patent holder on a drug is entitled by statute to apply tor extension of the patent term and actually bring the drug to market. the patent holder has to file the extension within 60 days beginning on the date the product received permission for marketing. but there is some ambiguity as to when the date is that starts the clock running. only in washington, d.c.? could the system produce such absurd result that the word date means such differences between two agencies, but then is given two different instructions by the f.d.a. if this sounds kind of esoteric, madam president, it is. i've been working on this thing for years, and it is difficult to understand. but the courts have codified it and let's not go and try to change it yet again. what happens is f.d.a.

mr. manning, what about me. >>reporter: it doesn't appear that manning stem cell treatment was successful. he just had his third surgery in 19 months. and could be lost for the season. john bermanblem for nasa. doctors are worried that future astronauts could go blind by the end of long missions. multi-year trip to mars being planned. nasa concede blindness is a worst case scenario but consider this out of 300 or so astronauts on long-term flights, more than half report blurry eye sight. condition believed to be caused by increased spinal fluid pressure from micro graph. >> nasa investigates it put special glasses on the space station to see what they are doing with more comfort. one more note. now that that nasa has retired the space shuttle fleet the agency wants to hire private space taxi to transport astronauts to and from the international space station. nasa will spend 1 bill and a half dollars over the next two years out sourceing launcher ground support space ship and mission operation. >> still ahead on the news at 9:00. year best tv commercial. >> him if and they include a pair of bay area we spend a lot of time together. well mainly in traffic. i'm se