Thank you. And I notice these Philadelphia connections. This could be a major breakthrough in these national organizations.

I also assume that you agree that for federally funded research that leads to new widgets being manufactured, that manufacturing should take place in the United States of America.

I think there should be a requirement that if you are receiving federal funding that you then manufacture that in the United States.

I am a big supporter of both of these initiatives, and I think the chairman was correct to point out that these programs which were launched by legislation passed by Congress, and were started under the previous administration are still…

The European Energy Alliance has just announced in the last couple of weeks that, based on the efforts of what is being done here in the United States, that the European Union, in order to compete economically has to now invest in…

We are not getting out of the satellite business. We are going to get right back up and launch another satellite.

There is some notion in the public that Ford didn't benefit and I just want to use this as an example.

This notion that we can't afford to invest in American business or in promoting manufacturing or in our National Weather Service or in NIST is nonsense.

Particularly I have been quite impressed with some of the work of women and others who heretofore have not gotten a lot of notice.

I do think that we need to be tying these licensing agreements or agreements to commercialize Federal research, federally funded research should be tied to production here in the United States of America.

We may not be getting there as quickly as we want or some may want, but we are definitely headed in the right direction.

I agree with you totally in the Federal investment both through our Federal labs, through NIST, through the National Science Foundation, and I could go on and on, through NASA, has been at the heart of our ability to lead the world…

I attended your remarks at the Chamber of Commerce when you laid out a vision to build it here and sell it everywhere, focused on manufacturing, focused on unifying the entire government, not just the Commerce Department but around really…

We can look right at NASA research in aeronautics.

Innovation is at the heart of the world economy, it is the heart of our economy.

I hope--I should put a plug in for the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank while it is under consideration in the Senate.

I don't want anyone to think that the Congress is not prepared to make sure that the weather forecasting and the local warning systems are very high priorities for us.

I am for making the investments and I am actually for doing more, and I have introduced legislation that would have the nation do more.

I share with the Chairman some concerns about some of the proposals relative to cuts in the National Weather Service and the tsunami program.

the fact that we have competition is not, there is nothing wrong with it.

We have never connected up American discoveries to American jobs.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Maybe we can get a stronger allocation for NASA.

There is a need for a government stimulus in this regard and support.

We look forward to your testimony.