Mark Pryor

As the Chairman of the Consumer Protection Subcommittee, I believe this is an important consumer protection issue that requires this Committee's scrutiny and collaboration.

Yes, thank you for being here, and your courage and dedication.

In Minnesota, this isn't just good advice, it's the law.

I'm hopeful the same thing will happen with the legislation that I've introduced here.

I think that Senator Klobuchar and I, we get it, and we're going to try to do something about this as quickly as we can.

This need not happen.

I just want a moment to congratulate David Strickland, here, on his nomination. He's going to do a great job there.

Let me just give the Committee one very quick statistic, and that is that, a year ago, there were 162 toy recalls; this year, there has been 38.

Our legislation would allow the Secretary of Commerce to guarantee up to 80 percent of loans exceeding $10 million.

We're all very appreciative that you've taken the time to focus on it.

In order to drive innovation, and encourage the clustering of advanced industries in specific areas, the 'Building a Stronger America Act' (S. 583) that Senator Pryor and I have introduced provides grants and loan guarantees to promote the…

I am deeply committed to ensuring that they succeed, not only because I am Ranking Member of the Small Business Committee, but because I truly believe in the power of small businesses to lift us out of our economic troubles.

The 'Building a Stronger America Act' (S. 583), which Senator Pryor and I introduced, will provide grants and loan guarantees for the planning, development and construction of science parks throughout the United States.

It is essential that we do everything in our purview to lessen these negative impacts.

It's fundamentally important.

We support Senator Pryor's bill on Building a Stronger America Act, to establish a loan guarantee program for research parks and park development.

The 'Building a Stronger America Act' (S. 583) is one of many efforts I have undertaken to encourage small business growth.

We must continue to encourage all avenues for advancing science and technology if America is to remain at the forefront of scientific and technology development for decades to come.

This bipartisan legislation would drive innovation and regional entrepreneurship.

We need cash for commercialization.

I think the--in terms of the personnel, I'm confident that we have the expertise and the capacity to implement a program like this.

We need to encourage development of privately financed facilities and support corporations to keep research and development in the U.S.

Science parks help drive innovation and regional entrepreneurship by promoting technology and innovation.

I enthusiastically encourage increased investment in science parks and regional industry clusters.

We strongly support Senator Pryor's Building A Stronger America Act to establish a loan guarantee program to develop research parks.