I thank the gentleman from West Virginia for yielding. I rise today in strong support and as a cosponsor of WRRDA. This bill shows that the T&I Committee is working together, finding areas of agreement, building consensus, and, yes…

In order to do our jobs and craft effective policy to combat meth addiction, we need to know more about the science behind addiction and effective prevention and treatment programs.

I look forward to hearing from the witnesses and hope that the testimony can get us thinking about how research can help us better tackle the increasing meth addiction problem plaguing our communities.

Unfortunately, if the sequester continues, Illinois will lose about $3.5 million in grants to help prevent and treat substance abuse resulting in around 3,900 fewer admissions to substance abuse programs.

I think this is an area in which we can work again on a bipartisan basis for the health of our first responders who investigate meth labs and citizens in those communities.

Unfortunately, if the sequester continues Illinois will lose about $3.5 million in grants to help prevent and treat substance abuse, resulting in around 3,900 fewer admissions to substance abuse programs.

In order to do our jobs and craft effective policies to combat meth addiction, we need to know more about the science behind addiction and effective prevention and treatment programs.

The American people are still focused on the fact that more must be done to encourage the creation of good-paying jobs in our country.

We must adopt smart policies that encourage innovation, entrepreneurship, efficiency and investment in American manufacturing.

American manufacturing equals American jobs and a strong economy.

With that wonder also comes worry about the brain diseases that befall so many people, and that we all know could someday wreak havoc on our own lives.

As lawmakers responsible for making sure our returning servicemen and women are taken care of after they have bravely risked their own lives, we worry about the thousands who have returned from Iraq, Afghanistan, and previous conflicts…

I want to get you on record, Mr. Foye, as saying this is something that you certainly do support for these mega-projects.

Very good. It is very difficult to move forward with any of these projects that are really of national and regional significance without having the Federal Government involved there.

We need to do all we can to help turn American discoveries into American jobs.

We need sustained investments and smart policies if we want to remain the world leader in science and technology.

A big part of our future competitiveness depends on our ability to move new and emerging technologies out of the lab and into the mainstream of commerce.

We must capitalize on these opportunities and get the best possible return in our investments in research through the creation of new projects, new companies, and new American jobs.

I certainly think that is critical. Entrepreneurial education is something I also am very supportive of.

As a country, we lack a strategic plan to guide economic policy decisions that affect American manufacturing competitiveness.

Clearly, manufacturing is of critical importance to the American economy.

Manufacturing has been a critical part of American economic competitiveness since the industrial revolution.

What could the Federal Government do to make your business more competitive?

I think it is very important that you raised technologically advanced manufacturing here because I think a lot of people, when they think about manufacturing, they don't think about advanced manufacturing.

There is a lot of ways that the government is impacting manufacturing already. It is just not doing it necessarily in a smart, thoughtful manner.