Johnny Isakson: “The letter mentioned before, dated July 31, 2001, is the letter from Secretary Paige to the gentleman from California…”

“The letter mentioned before, dated July 31, 2001, is the letter from Secretary Paige to the gentleman from California (Mr. McKeon), the chairman of the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, which endorses House Bill 1992 and all of its provisions as they were written then and substantially remain the same today. Secondly, there have been some comments that we are moving too fast. First of all, I suspect that Thomas Jefferson was told that when Lewis and Clark were authorized to see if there was anything west of the Mississippi River. I am sure President Kennedy was told that and advised against moving too fast in sending men to the Moon, and I am sure President Bush has been given a lot of information or advice recently about not moving too fast. History has proven that all those greater leaders, by moving expeditiously in times of opportunity, have moved our country forward. The truth of the matter is we are not moving too fast. We are way behind.”