Chris Coons actually said...

"I think we would really be causing harm to our competitiveness as a country to significantly cut NIST and to abandon the Manufacturing USA direction."

"I see no comparable Federal program or private-sector program that provides the significant connection to cutting-edge resources, insights, innovation on value-stream mapping, on inventory control, an..."

"the importance of a strong patent system in protecting our intellectual property"

"I have personal hands-on experience in the impact that CDBG and HOME funding can have to help severely disadvantaged vulnerable populations."