Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"One of the very successful programs that has happened at the Federal level is the Small Business Innovation Research program."

"Fortunately, two years ago the Small Business Committee was able to pass a six-year reauthorization that significantly increases the amount of R&D dollars going to small businesses."

"I wanted to follow up with that, Mr. Brown, based on something that Dr. Torbick said, which you talked about establishing a better connection between the small businesses and the managers."

"It just occurred to me that there are a lot of great State resources, too."