Lamar Smith actually said...

If we don't have regime change and Assad can still use chemical weapons again, why commit our Armed Forces?

We cannot continue to spend more taxpayer dollars for advanced manufacturing without finding offsets from other lower priority programs.

We must foster innovation so that powerful new technologies are developed here and not overseas.

Submitted statement by Representative Lamar Smith, Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives.