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Some money over the summer in what was known as a rescissions package. but after it was clear that package was not going to go through and the money was still being held up, members of congress had a lot of concerns. in fact, they were preparing an amendment over an offense appropriations bill basically to release the money and force future years' administrations to release the money on time. right before that appropriations markup is especially when the administration announced that they would actually release the funding. so it had been a long time coming on capitol hill. there are few issue...

Those other companies stopped developing the competing tests. for decades the u.s. patent office has been granting similar patents. today, the supreme court set that aside and said no more. joining me now is congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz, democrat of florida. chair of the dnc. congresswoman schultz knows firsthand how about this decision is. congresswoman, you've been on this case. what's your reaction to the court's decision today? >> you know, when i got the news about the 9-0 decision, i was in an appropriations markup and it was pretty hard for me to hold it together, chris. you k...

It's developed but since the 1990s me19 1990s myriad had a patent on those. when companies create tests to compete with myriad's, they were slapped with patent infringement suits. for decades the u.s. patent office has been granting similar patents. today the supreme court set that aside and said no more. joining me now is congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz, democrat of florida. congresswoman schultz knows firstha firsthand. congresswoman, you've been on this case. what's your reaction to the court's decision today? >> you know, when i got the news about the 9-0 decision, i was in an appro...