I am excited to discuss this bipartisan legislation today and am hopeful that we can work quickly to bring this legislation to a markup with broad bipartisan support.

The American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act, H.R. 5865, will bring the public and private sectors together to forge an actionable, bipartisan plan to revitalize America's manufacturing sector.

Manufacturing is critical for our Nation. It is essential for national security so that we don't need to rely on other countries for our defense.

American manufacturing still has great strength and potential. It boasts the highest productivity in the world; it employs 11 million people, and produces $1.7 trillion annually.

I think one of the things that we really have to look at is: we invest a tremendous amount in research.

I would not want to see broad support for the SBIR Program erode because of the dishonest actions of a very small minority of grantees.

Reclaiming my time, I want to thank the gentleman for his response and, again, for his commitment to this program. I look forward to working with you on ensuring success of the I-Corps program and more generally for the continued increases…

I believe that the National Science Foundation is a good steward of American taxpayer dollars, but it is our job in this subcommittee to be continually vigilant in our oversight.

Any incident of research fraud is troubling. Scientists must always hold themselves and their colleagues to the highest ethical standards.

I want to thank Mr. Partynski, first of all, for emphasizing the importance of federal funding for R&D.

The lack of a strong K-12 foundation in STEM disciplines is a major factor in the high attrition rates in STEM subjects.

I believe we need to work together, and we showed here today we are Democrat and Republican, we are not fighting, we are working together.

It's alarming that so many American students perform poorly in science and math.

You would probably be surprised at how much we--yes, there are things that we disagree on policywise, but for a Chicago Democrat, you might be surprised how much I agree with many things with Chairman Brooks.

As a former engineer, I understand all too well how much better we need to do in STEM education.

Just myself. I am ready to close. Mr. McCAUL. Then I reserve the balance of my time.

I want to thank Mr. Langevin, the other cochair of the Cybersecurity Caucus, for all of his work. I want to thank Ranking Member Johnson for her work, Chairman Hall, and especially Mr. McCaul for coming together on this bill. We started…

I'd like to yield to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin) 5 minutes. (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

If we fail to provide researchers with the skills needed to commercialize their research we are limiting the potential return that taxpayers receive on their investment.

America needs a comprehensive plan for supporting manufacturing.

Cutting edge research requires state-of-the-art research facilities, and we can no longer take it for granted that the best scientists want to live and work in the United States.

Ten years is probably too long a period between hearings on the important topic of how NSF manages and oversees its large facilities over their full lifecycle.

I feel strongly we need to prioritize investments that deliver real returns to taxpayers and boost our economic competitiveness.

I feel strongly that we need to prioritize investments that deliver real returns to taxpayers and boost our economic competitiveness.

I think it is also important for me to urge everyone to be realistic about the notion of doubling the NSF's budget.