I guess it is fundamentally goes to that--just because Government can change or modify a regulation doesn't mean that it should.

The West has seen devastating job loss.

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To me, this is inexcusable.

This isn't something to cheer about. This is a human tragedy that I am living in my State of West Virginia.

Those employees have to come home today and wonder if they are going to be able to support their families.

You can say free market all you want. This is the policies that have been promulgated by this Administration that is maybe not the only cause, but one of the major causes of poverty creation in our own country.

We look over to the manufacturers of a lead-induced system in our homes and we are letting them pay no responsibility.

That is why Senator Murkowski and I worked together on the Workforce Title of the Energy bill.

Mid-career servicemembers selected for service academy instructor duty often enroll in civilian graduate schools that receive DARPA research funding.

You're already funding--we already fund the military academies. We already paid once.

Our goal is not just to keep or make the cheapest product, but to continue to advance in innovative technologies such as semiconductors, aerospace and innovate faster than others.

We created a workforce training program to incentivize labor and industry to work together and provide training.

Can we get you down to West Virginia? Can I get you down?

To Dr. Prabhakar, one of the joys of being a Senator is being able to nominate some of the best and brightest to our military academies.

But, what you're going to--you're telling me right now, you don't put much in the academies.

This program is extremely helpful for the economy of West Virginia, because we have a corridor which really participates in that.

In fiscal year 2015, total DARPA funding sent to the Naval Postgraduate School was $1.6 million and to the Air Force Institute of Technology was $50.0 thousand.