rohrabacher: thank you very much. so, i would suggest that the american people read this and at what ok at the -- the impact of these changes that they're proposing will be. they're going to claim it's a patent troll, there's a monster behind the curtain, but who that person is behind the curtain is the inventor, the person who is coming up with the innovation, the edisons, the teslas, the other people who have improved our standard of living. the people who have come up -- even this bill would have a serious impact on the development of new medicines and new health care technologies. these people need to be protected in their creation and encouraged. not controlled. and not to have their rights for ownership of what they've created to be trimmed. so, mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that that -- that the rest of that be included but also i now yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman yields back. does the gentleman have a motion? mr. rohrabacher: i now do move t

rohrabacher, for five minutes of questions. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. as i say, perhaps the focus of this hearing, which we originally thought would be our weapons, nuclear weapons and the relationship between the united states and russia in terms of cooperating on reducing and restricting the number of nuclear weapons, the threat to human kind, we have gone beyond that and we of course, however, i believe the purpose of that is to put in perspective the decisions we must make in terms of weapons control, after the events that have happened in ukraine. let me just note that from my perspective, there's been too gleeful a response from so many of my former colleagues and i'm not talking about members of the house, i'm talking about people who worked with me over the years in various administrations and various anticommunist causes, there seems to be a gleeful response to what's happened in ukraine because it gives them yet a purpose in going back and beating up the old enemy. frankly the soviet union was our enemy because it was directed by people with a

rohrabacher: i move to strike the last word. i'm happy to hear my good friend from texas supporting the other legislation that we have that leaves it up to the states to make sure that they can declare marijuana legal or illegal. very happy to have you on board. i rise? strong support today however of the blumenauer- farr-rohrabacher-polis amendment , which would essentially remove an unreasonable barrier that prevents v.a. physicians from recommending that our veterans have the benefit of state medical marijuana programs. the idea that v.a. physicians totally legitimate doctors who treat veterans and their illnesses cannot recommend marijuana or by the way, any other drug to their patients and to treat things especially when they are going to recommend a drug that might be used in treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, this is extremely troubling. our veterans have benefited from using medical marijuana to treat ptsd and other ailments, so why we denying the ability to access something through their health care provider

one of those concerned with the new bill, congressman dana rohrabacher, who joins us now. see you. thanks for coming in. you don't deny a lot of these lawsuits are frivolous, do you? >> i deny the word a lot. there are, large numbers of suits that are filed because megacorporations, multinational corporations, are more and more going to the tactic of trying to steal from the independent inventor rather than respect the rights that they have because they own the patent on their inventions. yeah, there are some scam artist out there and there are a group of people who are labeled patrols but what this bill does is trolls. this treats every independent inventor is scam artist troll and dramatically, actually, diminishes the patent rights of our small inventors. this is ridiculous. david: look at number, look at increase in up number of these lawsuits last couple years, it is tremendous. we can show a graph. >> sure. david: seems to me when i look how litigious our business environment has become, it is because of an increase in the number of frivolous lawsuits? >> we, you're

rohrabacher, is recognized for 30 minutes. mr. rohrabacher: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and today i rise to warn the american people that fundamental changes are being proposed in our legal system here in washington as it could have dramatic impact on their freedom, dramatic impact on the prosperity of this country, dramatic impact on the security of our country. these -- but these changes that i'm talking about are not so apparent to the average person because they deal with a very complicated issue of technology and technology ownership. i've been in congress for about 25 years -- actually 26 years at the end of this year, and during that time period there's been an ongoing fight that has not been recognized by many american people. it is the fight to maintain a very strong patent system in our country. and it's been ongoing because major players around the world, especially multinational corporations, have not been supportive of the idea that the american people have a right to own their creation -- to own their own creations. in fact, our founding fathers felt this w

in a meeting with him, along with dana rohrabacher, steve king, a few of us were meeting with some of the northern alliance leaders, and since we knew about that last final battle where the northern liance went after the last stronghold of the taliban, elevated high up in a hill or mountain, and the general through an interrupter -- interpreter explained, he knew that if they sent people on foot, they'd never get there. there'd be too many bullets and rocket-propelled grenades. they'd never make it to the taliban stronghold. and they knew if they could get there and route them there, that that would be the end of the organized taliban, at least for quite some time. so the general realized the only way to have a shot at getting there was for around 1,000 horsemen to go charging up that hill, up toward the strong hold -- stronghold, with bullets, rocket-propelled grenades, all kinds of things coming at them, but he knew that if they would move quickly enough, they might get past those and be able to destroy the last stronghold of the taliban. they did lose many of the northern alliance

dana rohrabacher on emerging threats. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. minister, could you tell us you're asking for $20 million for your budget this year. is that right? >> 20.1 billion. >> 20.1 billion. okay, how much of that is disaster assistance and how much of that is long-term country building a? >> well, sir, it depends on the accounts and one thing that we have tried to do is use disasters the instance of longer-term systemic developments on the philippines. we have the energy system and the water system back up and running and we do that using a combination of the saucer funds and developmental assistance. but in general the humanitarian accounts are the international disaster assistance for peace and another of other accounts and they probably total may be 4 billion, three to 4 billion in total depending on which accounts. >> about 20% would be disaster assistance of what you're asking for in the budget. >> i would not state it that way, but we can come back and be precise about the answers. but yes, it is a portion of the $20 billion. >> let

dana rohrabacher, chairman of the subcommittee on emerging threats. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. administrator, could you tell us from your asking for what, $20 billion for your budget issue, is that right? >> 20.1 billion. >> 20.1 billion. how much of that is that disaster assistance and how much of that is, let's say, long-term country building aid? >> well, sir, it depends a bit on how we count the accounts. one of the things we tried to do is use disaster assistance to support longer-term systemic developments on the philippines. we got the energy system and the water system back up and running within a few weeks, and we did it using a combination of disaster funds and development assistance. but in general, our two-minute to accounts are called it become international disaster assistance, food for peace, and a number of other accounts. they probably total maybe 4 billion from three to 4 billion in total come to be a which account you look at. >> 20% would be disaster assistance of what you're asking for in the budget? >> i wouldn't stated that way, but we could com

dana rohrabacher, chairman of the subcommittee of europe,ure asia and -- eurasia. >> mr. administrator, can you tell us -- you're asking for $20 billion for your budget this year, is that right? >> $20.1 billion. >> $20.1 billion. how much of that is disaster assistance? and how much of that is, let's say, long-term country-building aid? >> well, sir, it depends a bit on how we count the accounts. one of the things we tried to do is use disaster assistance to support longer term systemic developments. in the philippines, we got the energy system and the water system back up and running within a few weeks, and we did that using a combination of disaster funds and development assistance. but in general, our humanitarian accounts are called international disaster assistance, food for peace and a number of other accounts and they probably total maybe $4 billion, $3 billion to $4 billion in total depending which accounts. >> 0% would be disaster assistance of what you're asking for in the budget? >> i wouldn't state it that -- 20% would be disaster assistance of what you're as