Mr. Secretary, I want to come back to NOAA. The reason is that, if you look at your appropriations request, it's $8.9 billion for the entire...
We think the FBI has the right stuff. We want to make sure that we have given you the right resources.
The FBI has an incredible job, and we are really proud.
I believe we need to use all the tools of the new way of communicating, particularly the social networking.
The greater the rate of return, the less this--enumerators--will be needed.
So that hiring has to be completed, and all appropriate background checks, by May 1.
Money is too scarce, the missions are too important for it to go into something where we don't have anything to show for it.
Well, let me, right then go to one of my favorite topics, which is NOAA.
Well, Mr. Secretary, we know we've got a lot of followup to do.
That's how we'll do it, but we're--again, we're into the cost overrun.
We had to junk the hand-held computers.
I presume that would be based on the rate of return, by then.
We will be intensifying our outreach efforts to small- and medium-sized companies that are already engaged in exporting.
Looking at the President's request, there have been requests for increased funding in the International Trade Administration.
This includes our great iconic universities, Hopkins in Maryland, and our private sector.
But, it means, then, if you're small- to medium sized, you've got to pick your country, and you've got to find your foreign commercial servi...
We believe, in order to create jobs and also fulfill the mission of the Commerce Department and its agencies, you need the right resources.
Mr. Secretary, we've got a big agenda and a little bit of time, so why don't you proceed?
