If you don't understand why something happened, then you can never figure out how to fix the problem, right?

I want to be sure we address the concern that 42 percent of a researcher's time, according to the FDP, is spent on administrative tasks which may take away from the conduct of science.

Our hearing today on Reducing the Administrative Workload for Federally Funded Research brings forward an important subject for all of us; reducing burdensome red tape caused by an overly entangled bureaucratic web on the research…

Our hearing today on reducing the administrative workload for federally funded research, brings forward an important subject for all of us: reducing burdensome red tape caused by an overly entangled bureaucratic web on the research…

I think this is a potential area where my personal view of hearing your testimony that without limiting accountability that there is some significant progress that can potentially be made to improve the situation.

This application of nanoscience to medicine not only fascinating but also having important implications for our Nation's national security and economy.

Unfortunately, despite these promising activities funded directly by the NSF, the President's budget for key directorates that carry out nanotechnology research within NSF's Research and Related Activities Account (RRA) is disappointing.

Nanotechnology is an area of great promise for the future of the U.S. economy.

I want to focus on what do we do with the debris that is already there?

When I tour businesses in the Eighth District of Indiana and meet with Hoosier families, they tell me they are concerned about the enormous debt burdening our country. Just like Hoosier families and businesses that have to make hard…

I look forward to hearing from our distinguished witnesses and having a productive discussion.

The FIRST Act contains language that will provide the guidance necessary to help make this and other potential prizes come to fruition.