Norman D. Dicks: “When you want to lower the deficit, you put people back to work so that you create jobs and businesses prosper.”

I, too, echo the gentleman's interest in the field of directed energy and solid-state laser technology. With the threats and environment that the warfighter and the intelligence community are facing, the addition of new technologies that…

In that respect I am totally supportive of what the gentleman is trying to accomplish. I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman for his hard work on this issue and look forward to working with him.

I agree with my colleague and look forward to working with you on this issue. Our National Guard and Humvee ambulances must have the cardiac monitoring and resuscitation equipment and capabilities needed to respond to terrorist attacks…