Paul Tonko

Now, I care about businesses in America, as I am certain everyone on the panel does, and I am also deeply concerned, however, about the impact of carcinogens on the lives of children, workers, sailors, soldiers, our veteran's community…

Unfortunately, I am sorry that I am unable to do that today.

I appreciate your input, and Mr. Chair, I will yield back with, again, the request that we put together the efforts to host yet another hearing that would provide additional parties so as to strike with a full balance.

Is it fair to expect renewable sources of energy to succeed in the market without the kind of support existing sources received and still receive?

I think there should be a decorum here that at least shows respect to our witnesses.

I am a supporter of a broad array of tools to help this country transform our energy economy.

If you kill the market for solar or wind in this country, those factories will go out of business and they will go to China.

Although the legislation authorizing these incentive programs is not in our jurisdiction, it is good for this Committee, I believe, to examine the subsidies that can influence markets in those technology sectors where we authorize research.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. While you chided me for not asking any questions of the first panel...

For those who think it is foolish to subsidize the renewable industry, I would like to point out that there is no sector of our energy economy that has ever developed without government subsidies.

The renewable tax credits we are examining today are working. They are working and need to be continued.

It is absolutely critical we keep these programs in place.

Harassing the witness is not asking a question.

Thank you, Representative DeLauro, and thank you for leading us in what is a very important hour of discussion as we address some of the critical choices before this House. As my good friend and colleague, Rosa DeLauro, from Connecticut…

Here we go again. It's deja vu all over again. Simply put, the Ryan-Romney Republican budget ends Medicare. AARP said: ``The proposal lacks balance and jeopardizes the health and economic security of older Americans.'' The budget we will…

This public policy area is a bit new to me so I am trying to get a better understanding of the interpretation of the NIH policy.

At this point, I believe the language this Committee included in the reauthorization of the American Competes Act remains the best path forward.

I think there is also an important distinction between access for the public and access for scholarships.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I want to thank all of our witnesses for coming today to testify before our subcommittee.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Gentlemen, thank you for appearing before the Subcommittee today.

The Administration, then, is proposing to move AML reclamation--the reclamation program to a competitive grant process?

I believe the problems with cybersecurity at NASA are many years in the making.

NASA's IT vulnerabilities must be identified and closed. Speed is critical in this context.

Thank you, and many of the issues we are talking about here today have been endemic at NASA for at least the past decade.

I hope our witnesses will provide constructive suggestions to address them.