Jeff Bingaman: “Yes. For the past 12 years, the Board on Science Technology and Economic Policy at the National Academies, has been…”

“Yes. For the past 12 years, the Board on Science Technology and Economic Policy at the National Academies, has been evaluating the effects of globalization on key U.S. Industries such as biotechnology, software, telecommunications, semiconductors, flat panel displays, lighting and heavy manufacturing industries such as steel. The board produced a report in 2000 evaluating the effects of globalization on a subset of these industries. They are now in the process of evaluating the effects of outsourcing and globalization trends over the past 4 years on many of these same industries. Many, if not all, of these industries are important to our defense industrial base. I would like to ask the chairman if he believes it is important for the Commission to review the work of Board on Science Technology and Economic Policy as it undertakes its research.”