Selfsufficiency, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. Duffy, and the gentleman from connecticut, mr. Himes, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. Mr. Duffy mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on this bill. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Duffy mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. Mr. Duffy thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of h. R. 4258, the family selfsufficiency act. This legislation will streamline a Program Designed to help those unable to purchase a home while reducing their dependency on welfare assistance and rental assistance provided by the government. I want to thank my colleague from missouri, my friend from missouri, mr. Cleaver, for all of his bi
World. And the evidence is that these patent Innovation Box policies are not very good at that because what theyre targeting is the income generated from the patents rather than the research that leads to them. This is true of lots of r d tax credits. In holland they just designed one which is quite intelligent, i think, because it targets the research that leads to the r d. So the labor hired rather than the income generated from that r d. But i think we should remember that, for example, the act which in 1980 allowed publicly funded research to be patented. If you read that act, its really interesting. They also say we better make sure that the taxpayer doesnt pay twice, right . So just like year, i think the nih spent arounded 39 billion in research, both basic and applied. And the problem is what happens to the prices of these drugs . Do they reflect that input . So its not only and ive been reading a lot about this, but the pricing mechanism itself could be one way to be rewarded
Now that is 10 trillion. So there are not many places you can say i can take 10 trillion out of the spending stream to keep you healthier. Let me follow up on this now speaker gingrich. You are a conservative and as a result may have credibility than i do in some circumstances on the question on the role of government here. Why isnt it enough to count on private industry to do this . Why do we have to have a substantial investment from the federal government . Its a question about American History. [ inaudible ] and i are developing a project on why George Washington matters. And people dont often notice that the Founding Fathers wrote into the constitute a Patent Office because they so deeply believed in the future. They made investments. The First Federal highway was built during washingtons lifetime. They believed in improving things. They talked about them as improvements. Jefferson launched an expedition to the west and there was a Childrens Book on this called from sea to shining
Eastern. And well have it for you on the cspan networks. By the way, you can read the rest of that story at politico. Com. We also have this from the hill. Lawmakers rallied against former ceos of yahoo and equifax over Cyber Security breaches that occurred on their watch and floated potential policy solutions to crack down on the hacks impacting hundreds of millions of americans. Frustrated members of the Senate Commerce committee pressed former yahoo ceo, Marissa Mayer and former equifax ceo, Richard Smith and his current ceo, paulina de riggers barrows on how their company allowed so much breaches and pushed for answers. Lawmakers rallied against the massive Cyber Security breaches on their watch and floated those policy solutions. They also said we have not been able to identify the intrusion that led to that breach. And that quote from the former yahoo ceo. Read the entire story at thehill. Com. Incidentally, that hearing took place earlier today. We do plan to show it to you late
And bin that nature of a substitute . And then the court will distribute the amendment. Des gentleman from connecticuts it is recognized. Mr. Chairman. En to submit for the record with the Washington Post with alzheimers disease with the g. O. P. Tax bill for in those plans. And to have those devastating effects i am more than 800,000 americans and the letter as well from several organizations the alliance for aging research than National Disability rights the Sclerosis Society Lutheran Services for america than of those that have come out against the elimination of the medical expense. Without objection. But spencer who with 71. And those who love written me personally submitting their comments for the record. Because our time is limited today. So medical expenses have been allowed to be deducted it is so critical for many of our seniors. The claims of medical expense deduction . Seniors in need of longterm care . Pears with the special needs child, multiple sclerosis, a cancer, 116,0