Jim McDermott: “We don't have to start over; we can build on what works and what is already working out there in some places.”

This committee has the potential of doing more good for the American people than perhaps any other single subcommittee in the Congress.

Ambassador Tai believes we need a different approach that gives workers a seat at the table, so their perspectives and voices are incorporated into the policy that we develop.

We are trying to figure out where we are going as a country and how we can turn our investments and innovation into sustainable models moving forward.

This area is such a large part of our economy as well as such a large part of our question of national security.