I think that we have to consider why venture capitalists are willing to go in and put their money on the line with only 90 percent failure rate.

So what?

We can't be left behind here.

And I completely agree with you, Chairman Brooks, that we have to be careful about how we're spending money.

We want to be good stewards of the taxpayers' dollars, and know that it's their money that we're talking about here.

I think that this is one of the most important hearings going on right now up here because everyone wants to know the answer to the question where are the jobs going to come from in our country?

I certainly think that we need to be doing more to leverage the great research universities of our nation and also make sure we do what--all that we can to get the return on investment for all of the federal dollars that go into research…

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.

I mean, that is really the key here.

That is one of the big purposes here, is to put together all these moving parts that have already been put in place or in motion.

I think we have seen a lack of having a well-coordinated policy.