we have got to unify and put some of the partisan politics aside and move on these innovation issues, to compete as a country.

I believe we're still the number-one innovator, but people are really catching up fast.

I had raised the issue of people coming from other countries to study at our universities, and a number of us have been working on at least this concept of allowing people to stay, instead of putting up a 'Do Not Apply' sign after they…

Senator LeMieux and I have a bill, which I believe Secretary Locke supports, to help with the Foreign Commercial Service.

What about commonsense innovation promotion, in terms of our regulatory agencies, the issue I raised, in specifics, with medical device, but that Senator Warner raised more broadly, just in general?

I hope you see that everyone is really raring to go here. We are impatient. We want to move forward.

Very good.

the concerns that I've heard is that, you know, suddenly there has been--it's not that you couldn't perfect the process and make it better and make some changes, but there's--it's sort of sporadically happening right now, without a lot of…

This has really been a very good hearing.

I wanted to follow up. I know, in the President's State of the Union Address, he focused--which I was glad that he did this--on doubling the number of exports.

Well, I'm sure Senator LeMieux won't let you go without some questions.