Rob Portman

A lot of it comes out of the work that Senator Bingaman and Senator Murkowski have done over the years.

Thank you for helping us on the energy efficiency bill.

If these loan guarantees don't come through, it means the loss of thousands of jobs in Ohio.

Mr. Odeen, a report recently published by your group, the Defense Business Board, recommended that DOD open a dialogue with defense industry companies to improve understanding between what DOD wants, and how industry can provide a timely…

Firms (small and large) would be interested in doing national security work if they were rewarded with sales and profits.

We need to create incentives for these people (after appropriate security checks) to want to remain in the United States.

I understand that the Services are proposing to change their original acquisition workforce goals.

Secretary Lemnios, how does DOD intend to overcome those challenges?

With the current budget cuts that the President has proposed to DOD, how do you see it affecting our competitive advantage in S&T?

I understand that the military Services are having trouble recruiting, retaining, testing, and evaluating personnel...

Secretary Lemnios, what measures are being used to assess the effectiveness of your efforts?

Secretary Lemnios, what kind of budget/resources are required to run the office and implement the plan?

Our Nation's commitment to science and technology (S&T) is spurred on not only by a sense of urgency to remain technologically dominant in areas of high priority to national security, but also through mutually beneficial partnerships with…

What is DOD doing to assist in this effort?

We have to implement this vision, not just talk about it in speeches.

Well, again that concerns me greatly, not just because it happens to be in Lima, OH, but because again it has this incredible workforce and capability that you can't suspend temporarily.

I have strong feelings on this in terms of the second engine on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

I talked earlier about what I believe is an important need to have a robust industrial base.

Congress has to reauthorize, because it sunsets in 2013.

We have great challenges.

We must remain vigilant.

We are so grateful to them. This is a moment we've long awaited.

I would say there is a current check, which is OIRA.

It gets into this issue of strengthening the economic impact analysis.

I do not think courts are expert in economic analysis.