Gary Peters

When government investment in R&D shrinks or stagnates, the private sector pulls back as well.

Overall Federal R&D spending has fallen to below 1 percent of GDP. This is unacceptable.

The Federal Government is helping lead the way.

Without question, scientific discovery and technological breakthroughs drive our understanding of the world.

Even today, U.S. researchers continue to search for the next big thing, that game changing innovation.

I appreciate very much the constructive comments by my colleague, the gentleman from California. I would just suggest this is not the way to deal with these issues, but rather to address them via policy approach. Section 435 of this bill…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: limitation on use of funds Sec. __. None of the funds…

So, it is better to have a few large concentrations or more----

Right, especially when you have 56 operations that are 90 percent of all the eggs in America.

The more time that elapses oftentimes means more deaths as a result of problems.

When you sometimes get recommendations from the IG, there is lip service but never follow-through, and 1 year turns into 2 years and 3 years.

And if the agency is going to be able to deliver effective oversight for vehicle safety, we in Congress here, need to consider increasing your funding, as well as having stable funding.

I would hold the Administrator to his word.

Congress, I believe, needs to do its part to promote these polices that will help us usher in this new age and this new era of safety and mobility.

The burden is on the agency at this point to make good on its promises.

I personally see all the time in Michigan the incredible progress that the auto industry is making to develop new technologies focused on collision avoidance and mitigation.

The safety of American drivers must come first.

This is a critical industry, industry in my State as well as the other States here, and it is a critical part of energy independence for our country.

The RFS, I believe, has been a proven program that is driving forward alternative fuels and economic development.

As a Senator from Michigan, I am always looking for ways to diversify the U.S. vehicle fuel supply and making our Nation more energy independent and improving our environment.

I appreciate the effort of the EPA to set ambitious domestic biofuel targets while also trying to balance achievable standards.

So the work of this Committee to continue to highlighting your work is going to be necessary in order to actually see these actions taken, the things that you are recommending.

Do you have any idea or any suggestions for us here in Congress how we can strengthen the ability to make sure that when you have findings, we actually do something with those findings and the agencies actually implement the…

This is a very important position. Unfortunately, we have a lot of IG positions that have been going unfilled for too long.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…