I think it's important to point out that they were very supportive of the passage of the treaty.

I think finally we were able to get the bipartisan support that was required.

I was really pleased to hear you mention SBIR because that's a program that I have heard from so many companies in New Hampshire that they've benefited from.

If there are ways that I or I'm sure this committee can help, we would very much like to do that.

I think it's fitting, as I'm sure people have said already, that we're having this discussion the day--2 days after Osama bin Laden has been killed.

how do we ensure that ideas in the seed stage of development continue to be funded?

Could you elaborate on implementation plans for this program?

the National Defense Education Program (NDEP) has been reduced in this year's budget request so that there will be approximately 50 fewer graduating students in the SMART program per year that will be available for employment at DOD…

I have some legislation that would encourage robotic competitions and other kinds of extracurricular ways to get young people involved in the STEM subjects.

I met not too long ago with New Hampshire's High Technology Council and one of the things I heard from the members was their frustration with ITAR and their inability to compete with companies in other parts of the world.

The Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III Program serves a critical role to ensure domestic production capacity for items essential for national defense.

it is critical that Congress receives detailed information on the specific industrial bases or technologies that shortfalls have been identified that Title III could address.