I hear the Secretary of Education saying this all along.

Well, the information that I have is contrary to that.

What I would like is a report on your timetable.

Are there other emerging technologies that NIST should be working on with industry to develop interoperable standards?

If we are cutting out the R&D, you are starting to eat your seed corn so that you don't have a crop to plant for next year.

Well, we are just delighted that you are here.

I am one that always believed that, you know, adversity, sometimes we hear that adversity builds character but I am more that adversity exposes character.

the President's budget has a 3.8 percent increase for STEM education, in NSF.

the President's budget cuts $200 million from the 2010 levels across the Federal Government in STEM education.

I think energy already provides us a rich array of examples in that domain.

the President is requesting $24 million for this Interoperability Standards for Emerging Technologies

if you all are still developing these things 10 years from now that is going to be too late.

Well, they are ready to go out there in the private sector, because they are setting up these electronic medical records as we speak.

I look forward to working with this Committee to make the vision of the President's FY 2012 Budget proposal a reality.

This Administration will ensure that America remains at the epicenter of the ongoing revolution in scientific research and technological innovation.

Only by sustaining those investments are we going to be able to assure future generations of Americans a society and a place in the world worthy of the history of this great nation.

Remember that it has fueled the creation of the laser, the Internet, and GPS.

A lot of our technological dominance today is a result of investments in research and technology.