03/13/2013
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"Thank you, Chairman Ratcliffe for yielding, and thank you for convening this hearing on the Science and Technology Directorate."
"As a result, we produced a comprehensive, bipartisan bill, which passed the House unanimously in 2010."
"I want to support the scientific R&D efforts of the directorate in every way that I can."
"Trying to protect our citizens and our Nation with programs that are backed by underfunded and depleted science and technology research assets is another matter."