I agree totally. The other thing is that I hope that you would work, you know, closely with the Transition Assistance Program.

I thank the Senator from Illinois for doing that. It is a pleasure being with him and the Senator from Delaware. I think this is a good example of working together. The name of the game now is jobs, jobs, jobs, and exports mean jobs. The…

I thank the Senator from Illinois. Again, I was making the point that as we go to these African countries that want American products, whether it is the newest country in Africa, South Sudan, or the older countries, and we need to have the…

I agree with the Senator from Illinois. We trade not only goods and services, but we trade ideas. That is so important as we go on. Certainly, Africa is developing a very healthy middle class. This is certainly something new that they have…

I thank the Senator. We appreciate his leadership. Perhaps the three of us, and maybe others, can write a note to the Secretary of Commerce and ask him to make a much-needed trip to Africa, to look at this bill and not only do this, but…

the backlog, in some cases, is tremendous because of lack of resources.

Well, I agree with the Senator from Illinois and the Senator from Delaware. The bottom line is there is a tremendous opportunity for our country. I think that our country, as we do start the trade process, trading ideas along with goods…

we all have some frustration that we haven't perhaps outwardly moved as far forward as we'd like to on the 2009 report.

And so I agree, you have to have the collaboration to get that done, and then, you have the good science to back it up.

I feel very strongly about this, not only because the field of forensic science is critically important to upholding our nation's criminal justice system, but also because the forensic sciences are a vital element in supporting homeland…

this is such a high stakes thing, and this is so important that we get this right.