Thomas Massie

Wouldn't that create another level of bureaucracy and some inefficiency and also a disproportionate burden on users?

Big data is a popular new term that can mean a lot of different things.

How do we balance the desire for privacy, actually the constitutional right to privacy, with sharing all of this data now that everybody is under a microscope?

Thank you. I yield back.

In fact, in 1991 this Committee authored the High Performance Computing Act.

I am interested in energy and the efficient use of energy because for all the talk about alternative energy, it is a lot cheaper to save energy than it is to try and create it with alternate means.

The fiscal year 2014 budget request for NIST totals $928 million, an increase of $177.5 million or almost 24 percent from the fiscal year 2012 enacted level.

So maybe you could price them at their value instead of at their cost and use some of the--if there is a differential, use some of the extra money to offset the research costs.

Now this Committee has a long, bipartisan record of support for NIST and its contributions to research and development.

The Subcommittee on Technology will come to order.

I don't think we can afford to just stand by and watch those companies setup shop somewhere else.

NIST is the place where you would want to put the non-classified work.

I look forward to hearing from the witnesses about the manufacturing programs at NIST.

We need to be making smart investments that will help our Nation's economy grow.

I am proud to support initiatives that promote innovation and technology.

I am glad to hear that at least two of your top three line up with Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 5 of the Constitution.

One of the best things we as policy makers can do to improve our economic competitiveness is to get our fiscal house in order.

Given the infrastructure you have--I know we would all rather have some improvements--but focusing above the rails...

The Northeast Corridor, according to the information that I have, it is the only profitable route right now for Amtrak.

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In these difficult times, it is important that we continue to empower our Nation's innovators to maintain our economic competitiveness.

Thank you. I want to thank Chairman McCaul for his initiative with this bill and his persistence in reintroducing it and especially his patience today.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

An $80,000 bridge became a $400,000 bridge because it took Federal money.

What if we gave the Governors more power?