If we are going to invest in anything in our country, if we are going to ask the federal government to have a role in resourcing a lot of this R&D, then it is going to face continued and escalating pressure from the mandatory outlays that continue to consume a larger and larger share of federal resources.
Womack discusses the impact of mandatory spending on federal investment in R&D.
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This is a very unusual situation we have. We created this Space Force, and we took people out of the Air Force and other services.
I do think it is a bit dangerous, though, for us to enter into an era where we are usurping the authority of our Governors.
By the way, I have got to leave here in a minute and go meet with the city of Fort Smith board of directors.
I am going to take that 30 seconds and brag on this guy right here, Tom Cole. He has reengineered, somewhat reinvented a lost appropriations process, and I am eternally grateful. I know I speak for the American people in thanking Mr. Cole…
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