As you know, technology transfer is incredibly important to me. It is a primary issue for me.

I have always been amazed. Not only is it really important for this sort recruitment and retention piece, but some of the most innovative things that spin off and end up helping our warfighters, really saving lives...

We suck them in and they are there for 30-plus years, which is really the goal.

I am a strong supporter of a modest set-aside of funding for laboratory-directed research and development, or LDRD.

Thank you both, Secretary Foxx and Secretary Pritzker, for being here and for the hard work you do for our country.

As usual, Senator Cantwell is always out in front on an important issue like this.

I think we need to support the President's budget, and frankly, I think we need to do a little better than that.

I think we should continue to invest in missile defense programs that are proven and effective.

I am going to ask that you be much more specific, and I am going to ask that you do that in writing

We want to make sure that we are also highlighting that tons of information has also gotten out that has been incredibly accurate.

I use that as an example. Including the cybersecurity, including privacy, including protection.

In New Mexico, where we have some of the most challenging uninsured and access issues in the Country, the number of individuals uninsured has dropped by about 25 percent, and it is one of the largest drops of any State in the Country, and…

Do you know why the fish crossed the road? It's usually because the Forest Service put in a culvert or some other aquatic species crossing device, but the number of those has gone down precipitously in recent budget years.

Are there strategies in place to deal with that reality, so that we don't create a situation where we are penalizing unnecessarily folks who, without these benefits, have no other options to feed their families?

If I am choosing between feeding my child and having a roof over my child's head, or be homeless...

We need to give them more options for food purchasing, we need to encourage marketers of fresh vegetables and fruit to open farmers' markets in these communities.

I come from a state where we still have the hungriest children in the country, that is an untenable situation.

We have a responsibility in this institution, as well as our private-sector partners, and other public sector partners, to do something to make sure that we eradicate those issues, poverty and hunger, in this country forever.