Janice Schakowsky actually said...

"We have the brains. We have an infrastructure to do this, and it would just be such a pity if we lost this in the global marketplace."

"I just wanted to make the point that this is not a freebie for the Federal Government when we say that we do it through tax breaks that we would give to corporations."

"I hope all my colleagues will join in working to increase National Nanotechnology Initiative funding moving forward."

"the United States needs to figure out how we support this industry, and I just want to make sure that that has absolutely been heard."