Political Quotes

“we spent quite a bit of time on the last bill talking about ``Rising above the Gathering Storm,'' the report. It charts a course for continuing American prosperity in the decades to come. I recommend that my colleagues heed the warning of this report and pursue policies to implement its four major policy recommendations. One of those recommendations is to ``sustain and strengthen the Nation's traditional commitment to long-term basic research that has the potential to be transformational, to maintain the flow of new ideas that fuel the economy and provide security and enhance the quality of life.'' The Gathering Storm report goes on to propose specific high-priority action items to realize this recommendation. In this bill, H.R. 363, we have identified several of these action items that have broad bipartisan support. We call the bill the Sowing the Seeds Through Science and Engineering Act.”