any time that you can get a positive cash flow to invest in R&D or even buy equipment it helps.

In 2017, I helped pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which provided historic relief for small businessowners and Americans across the country.

So I think if we had some more resources.

the only measures that we have are a DoD study. And I am going to get the years wrong but it was a 10-year timeframe that I think ended in--well, I will not quote it.

If Congress legislated SBIR agencies to transfer a portion of their 3 percent administrative funds to SBA, how would that help your office administer the program?

So I think the approach is worth expanding.

Absolutely.

U.S. owned and operated. Absolutely.

I think that is what the agencies do. So, the agencies are evaluated on commercialization potential.

I have not seen any of those affect what we do. The barriers that startups talk about are barriers that have been in place for a long time.

It is in the law and it is up to Congress to determine those levels.