Political Quotes

“I rise in support of S. 1139, the Small Business Administration reauthorization. Included in this bill is the majority of H.R. 2429, the Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act, which was reported out of the Committee on Science's Subcommittee on Technology as well as the full Committee on Science. My comments will focus on that aspect of the bill, although the bill in its totality is very meritorious. STTR is an important tech transfer program that has made over 800 awards totaling over $115 million since its inception in 1994. Nearly $5 million of those have gone to Maryland small businesses, just as an example. The STTR program expired on September 30 of this year, and this bill will reauthorize STTR at its current set-aside level to fiscal year 2001. In addition, S. 1139 makes the following changes to the STTR program. First, the bill requires agencies participating in STTR to include STTR in their annual performance plans, as required by the Results Act.”