That initiative is about creating jobs. That is not stealing jobs.
But it gets to the topic of workforce and making sure that, particularly in the STEM fields, that we have the best and t...
You know, one other thought I had, how much do you leverage--I know the Department of Resources and Economic Development...
We are not asking for a lot, but I think there are high impact opportunities for the Federal government to support the c...
I also wanted to follow up on--I know that several of you mentioned immigration reform, which is another whole topic.
the bill that Senator Shaheen and I both supported would dramatically expand those caps.
I really took to heart some of the ideas that you brought up on the uniformity across agencies.
This is a really valuable opportunity to highlight the important role the Federal government does have in advancing our ...
And I think that we can do better in the Federal government because I do hear so many stories from businesses about regu...
And there is actually a reform under way to address the whole export control system that is making some progress.
Good.
a huge deficit savings over not only the 10-year window, but the 20-year window.
Have any of you gotten concerns as you are looking at the potential for the program down the road?
Would you just explain to everybody what you mean by 'the new size rules?'
I think that is a really good point.
The success rate of their SBIR applications has become sufficiently low, 15 percent for Phase I for many of these, that ...
I would encourage all of you to talk to the House members, which is where the bill is held up.
Thank you, Senator Shaheen and Ayotte, members of the committee, for inviting me here today to speak and to join in this...
