The threats are ever evolving, and our policies must be robust yet flexible enough to allow our defenses to evolve accordingly.

The good news is that U.S. government information systems were not negatively impacted by the WannaCry attack.

The FASTLANE Grant Program was created in the FAST Act, critical to certainly my district, my region, the Chicago region.

I think we should continue this discussion, and as Chairwoman Comstock said, we've worked on reducing regulatory burden.

The concern that I have is that you start a race to the bottom in some ways...

The bottom line is that indirect cost reimbursement is essential to American universities' capacity to execute their research as well as train the next generation of scientists and engineers that our country needs.

I think it is very important, and I have talked with the chairman, and he has always and continues to have an open mind on this.

I have a great concern moving ahead about what exactly the rules are going to be in the future if we did have an ATC moved under a corporation.

I would encourage your Committee to consider ways of expanding the program both in terms of breadth across the country, but also in terms of time.

I think there is widespread support, bipartisan support, for SBIR and STTR.

Thank you, Chairman. And I want to thank you, Chairwoman Comstock, and Ranking Member Murphy for holding this hearing to consider improvements to SBIR and STTR programs that help small-business innovators turn their ideas into market-ready…