Political Quotes

“I am delighted that the bipartisan bill H.R. 2429 will be included as an amendment to the small business reauthorization bill. I would like to thank Chairman Sensenbrenner; ranking member, Mr. Brown; the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Technology, Mr. Gordon; Mr. Bartlett, as well as the other members from the Committee on Small Business who have cosponsored H.R. 2429. The STTR program expires on September 30th of this year. H.R. 2429 will reauthorize STTR at its current set-aside level through fiscal year 2000. This will put STTR on the same timeline as its parent program, the Small Business Innovation Research Program. STTR fosters collaboration between small businesses and research institutions to develop high-technology projects that can one day reach the marketplace or be used by the Federal Government. Since its inception, STTR has made nearly 800 awards totaling over $115 million. Of those totals, 42 awards for $4.8 million have gone to Maryland small businesses. As Chairman Sensenbrenner has stated, H.R. 2429 addresses some important concerns regarding the STTR Program, including establishing goals for the program, and establishing an outreach program to increase the participation of those states that have been under-represented in the STTR Program.”