Could the Chair please inform us of how much time is left. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 1\1/2\ minutes. The gentleman from Texas has 4 minutes.

So how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas has 3 minutes, and the gentleman from Massachusetts has 45 seconds.

I am now the last speaker, and I am going to reserve the balance of my time pending the completion. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas has the right to close.

At this point, I will yield to myself for 30 additional seconds. This commercialization focus program complements existing R&D initiatives. Strong, long-term support for basic and applied research is critical to developing the scientific…

Mr. Chairman, the amendment I am offering today, along with the gentlelady from California (Mrs. Capps), would add a new R&D program specifically focused on increasing our Nation's capacity to turn new innovations into new jobs. A clean…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 10 offered by Mr. Markey of Massachusetts: Page 195, after line 11, insert the following new…

But, in fact, as they think about old rubber tires and golf balls to be shot down into this leak, we realize that we're really not talking about MIT here. We're really talking about the PGA.

No one has any idea when the -- this leak is going to ultimately be plugged.

It is more like 'Project Runway.' They -- they -- they are now taking nylon stockings and beginning to fill them with hair as a way of sopping up the oil out in the Gulf.

It is more like 'Project Runway.'

I think they're making it up as they go along. I think that most people believe that this is a very sophisticated industry, with a very deft command of technology.