[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 164 (Monday, November 18, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H7170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                PROTECTING AMERICAN INNOVATION AND JOBS

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my strong concern 
about the increasingly discriminatory trade and investment environment 
in India.
  The United States and India share a very important trade and security 
relationship. But our trading relationship is being threatened by an 
alarming array of discriminatory and internationally inconsistent 
actions and decisions recently. This is particularly the case in the 
area of intellectual property.
  Intellectual property is the engine that drives the U.S. economy. The 
attacks on our IP not only harm U.S. job creation and competitiveness, 
but also chip away at the overall global IP framework that is essential 
to the innovation of new medicines. Since 2012, India has 
inappropriately revoked or denied patents on at least 14 lifesaving and 
life-enhancing drugs. These decisions harm the R&D system, hurting 
patients and their families who rely on the development of new cures 
and treatments.
  That is why earlier this year Representative John Larson and myself 
were joined by 170 other Members of this body in urging the 
administration to raise these issues at the highest level of 
discussions with the Indian government. It is critical that we send a 
strong message to our trading partners that we will not sit idly by 
while India blatantly undermines intellectual property rights and 
discriminates against our businesses.

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