So I get all that, just thinking about how do we drive up the price of heroin?

Yes, we have to do a better job overall with that.

I am really worried about, we have these foreign fighters that have gone to obviously Syria, Iraq, Yemen.

I think that will be important.

Well, I am glad to hear you acknowledge that it will have an impact, if we don't have that additional funding.

I think it is one we need to continue.

I support the efforts to address security of our embassy personnel because I share the belief that all of us here have that they are doing tremendous work under very difficult circumstances often.

we are one of the more bipartisan committees on Capitol Hill. We share your outrage and concern

I want to thank all of you. I agree with Senator Cantwell. This is so important to our competitiveness and our ability to innovate going forward.

So it's really on their end. We've already certified and they just need to validate.

I just had a couple of follow up questions.

So are they delaying that for competitive reasons?

We hope you guys can move it as fast as you can because 17 seems a long way away given what we hoped and how quickly this would happen.

What's your perspective, Mr. Bunce? Is it easier to deal with the European regulators and are we falling behind overall with this?

I am glad to cosponsor this effort. I was just at a New Hampshire company, New Hampshire Ball Bearing, recently and, you know, they are a supplier who benefits from Ex-Im Bank financing.

The government should not be a roadblock either real or perceived to a safer more efficient aerospace industry.

What I wanted to understand is why we do not further use the commercial products that may be available.

Thank you all for being here.