Roy Blunt said...

I want to say to that, Secretary, there is a reason that we had the veterans set aside in some of these areas.

One of the things we were most concerned about 8 years ago was the fact that young researchers were leaving the field.

I believe we can work together to find consensus on the Department's budget.

Now is not the time to abandon that goal, now is the time, in fact, to make it even stronger.