05/03/2010
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"What is the status of the implementation of these authorities and the delegation of the flexibilities to the laboratory directors?"
"We would appreciate your continued support for human resource flexibilities, such as the direct hiring authorities authorized in the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2014."
"I think we owe it to the children, we owe it to their parents, to provide the best STEM opportunities possible."
"It seems like as we reduce basic research, though, we're really hurting ourselves in the long-term."