Jeanne Shaheen actually said...

"Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for calling our first hearing of the year to discuss the need to reauthorize both the SBIR Program, the Small Business Innovation Research Progra..."

"I think we ought to make these programs permanent so we do not have to go through this process periodically."

"Shame on us if we do not require the provisions that were passed in the reauthorization to be implemented by all of the government agencies involved."

"these are programs that have had broad bipartisan support, and they have had that support because they have been so effective."