We are not doing enough with our entire population, so that is why I would say we are in decline.

I urge you to really be bold and speak out and even be controversial in the sense because when people get within the Administration, the previous science advisor would never say very, very much.

But going back to the moon could be a goal that we could cooperate with other countries rather than turning NASA upside down trying to do it ourselves for unknown purposes.

Maybe, Mr. Chairman, we ought to ask the new Secretary of Education to come before the Committee.

We are in decline competitively.

Our weakness is with a great bulk of the population who are not attaining a minimal level of understanding.

Secondly, how many students do we have majoring in math and science and physics and chemistry and biology compared to, say, the Chinese and also India?

Trenton makes and the world takes. And Trenton does not make anything anymore.

I really think we are having a tough time. One of the reasons, I think, is that young people are not as interested as they used to be.

I would hope that we could do much more than we are currently doing.

The charge that that Committee accepted was to identify actions which federal policymakers could take to enhance the science and technology enterprise.

The fact that he backtracked immediately kind of leads my wondering, okay, so is Rush Limbaugh the guy who's really in charge of the party? The kind of the Wizard of Oz?

Chairman Steele's reversal this evening and his apology to Limbaugh proves the unfortunate point that Limbaugh is the leading force behind the Republican Party, its politics and its obstruction of President Obama's agenda in Washington.

the more we can clear out some of the legal hurdles and the more we can do some hold harmless or what the Chairman put forward in his amendment, it has got to be a piece of this mix or, you know, all these good intentions could still end…

I would hope that you would be the inside-the-administration advocate that this is directly helpful to not only the housing market.

Please look into that.

How do some of these debt collection groups actually legally check the box that they've notified the consumer?

If we are going to spend TARP money, make sure some of it is directed here in the housing area.