He has been a leading advocate of NIH funding, and we are delighted that he has joined us this morning.

That is a challenge.

Thank you for that. Thank you so much, Nick. Your song really sums it up so well and is great and inspiring advice for all the young people who are here.

When you go see your Senators and your Members of Congress, you help them understand just how important this is.

Help us keep up the momentum behind this research by ensuring the renewal of the Special Diabetes Program.

Thank you, Senator Collins, Senator Lieberman, and other Members of the Committee, but specifically Senator Collins for being such a champion for all of us with diabetes.

Thank you for your leadership and commitment to sustaining robust Federal funding for diabetes research.

Do you anticipate the administration presenting a plan to ensure the safety of commuter airlines?

In your testimony on H.R. 1546, you recommend that we must ensure that the operations of the TBI Committee are transparent and that all deliberations and notes of the Committee be open to public scrutiny.

The Subcommittee has taken action on a significant number of VFW priorities, such as the Women Veterans' Health Care Improvement Act.

Thank you again for taking the time to answer these questions. The Committee looks forward to receiving your answers by August 3, 2009.

In reading the testimony also from Mr. Stowe, he had mentioned in his testimony that Customs has not hired over 72 textile apparel specialists that Congress has appropriated.

Thank you for the opportunity to respond to questions from Paralyzed Veterans of America's (PVA) June 18, 2009 testimony on pending legislation before the Committee.

We must keep the woman veteran in mind when addressing the above-mentioned pertinent issues and ensure all receive comprehensive care when visiting VA Medical Centers.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Does this budget have support for the development of small business clusters?

What is the status of efforts to establish an economic stimulus lending program, a secondary market guarantee authority for pools of SBA 504 program first-lien mortgages, and SBA secondary market lending authority to make loans to…

Senator Collins has been working with this group for some time.