Well, this fiscal year 2020 budget proposal for NSF puts the agency back to where it was in fiscal year 2012. That doesn't sound like much of an investment in the future.

So the first question for you, Mr. Brandon, is how would passage of H.R. 1112 impact the ATF's efforts to prevent gun violence?

Your job is to pursue civil rights cases against discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, religion, familial status, and national origin; am I correct in that?

We have got a job to produce the most accurate, robust, and defendable science. Policymakers need to be able to trust the science.

I want to make sure that as we pass common sense gun-safety laws, we properly enforce--we properly fund the agencies tasked with enforcing those laws.

Well, I think it is obvious that NSF recognizes that its funding supports research that is a primary driver of economic growth in this country.

These machines have been called a clear and present danger by the blue ribbon commission on Pennsylvania's election security.

I wouldn't be doing my job speaking to you distinguished folks if I did not rightfully say that ATF needs to be funded.

So wouldn't H.R. 1112 keep your agency from having to go through that exercise, going out to pick up guns from dangerous criminals that can't legally have them?

The decline is deeply concerning to me, that is why I am asking these questions.

The NCA is a comprehensive, scientifically rigorous analysis and assessment of the available information primarily from the U.S. Government, yes.

I would like to know the basis for your conclusion regarding the relative maturity of the CDFI industry.