let me first thank our assistant Democratic majority leader for his incredible work on the Bowles- Simpson Commission. Senator Durbin was a real voice of reason and brought together diverse views. We need that this week. And then with the…

But there are also cyber soldiers, agents of other countries that are operating, that are trying to compromise America's security.

I thank you for that.

But on capital, we are going through a very tough economic period.

I think will have a big effect.

We also are monitoring very closely the availability of credit through the mechanisms that were made available through the Small Business Jobs bill.

I appreciate your suggestions and the points that you are highlighting are certainly ones that the Small Business Committee has made our top priority.

We are fighting for every nickel right this minute.

I think it is crucially important for various counties, agencies, Federal, State, what have you, to work in close collaboration with each other.

We do not give people contracts. What we do do is fight for the opportunity for them to go after the contracts based on their know-how, their ability, and the value that they offer to the United States Government.

there was bipartisan concern the money was not getting out fast enough

Thank you very much for your testimony.

NSA, are you involved in this?

Did that number surprise you or did you expect that it would be that high?

This is a hearing of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

the purpose of this hearing is to put a focus on cybersecurity and the role of small businesses

I think one of my first recommendations is that Congress probably should consider mandating a certain percentage of all Federal contracts to go to small businesses.

Well, once again, let me thank all three of you for your testimony and your contribution to this hearing.

Well, thank you. Again, let me thank this panel and thank all of those who were responsible for helping to put on this hearing here in Laurel.

small businesses are leading the way in innovation in the areas of homeland, national, and cybersecurity areas.

It is very exciting. I think NIST has a unique opportunity here, particularly as it relates to the portability and security and being able to make sure that you do not lose the proprietary information, which is one of the main problems for…

Thank you. Dr. Iheagwara, you are to be congratulated, first, for being selected by DBED as Maryland Homeland Security Company of the Year.

we have seen a Governor who has taken the advantages we have in Maryland through the Federal facilities

There are cyber criminals out there and I think we all know cyber criminals.

We are very interested in how the tools that we have already made available to deal with bundling--and we know the problems are there.