I could have told you a long time ago that there was a problem there.

I'm concerned about the funding cut.

The NSF is central to our nation's leadership in science and technology, and I think it's important that more people understand the critical role that NSF plays.

Informal STEM ed is something that I believe is very important.

I want to start out by just mentioning--I know that Dr. Arvizu had mentioned social behavioral sciences and economics in the context of big data, so I don't want to let a hearing go by without me emphasizing the important of SBE.

there's no technology issue whatsoever, so--but that's something beyond where--what we can do here, but I just wanted to mention that.

Thank you, Chairwoman Comstock, for holding this hearing, and to the witnesses for being here today.

Again, Mr. Epstein, you--it's been, you know, I've been trying to do this for the 12 years I've been in Congress, is get to more price transparency.

As they sometimes say, you need to spend money to make money.

I hope that the NSF requests enough funding in their budget to implement the NAPA recommendations.

I want to thank you and Chairman Loudermilk for holding this hearing to review the recommendations for the National Science Foundation's project management reform.