Maria Cantwell actually said...

"We do believe the DOE should have more lab--should also have more dollars in USICA."

"I am a whole-hearted believer in this, and we have changed the EPSCoR program to work more effectively in the USICA Act because of this."

"There is not an issue of national security or, you know, competitiveness that does not come back to the material science aspect."

"The Federal Government should be part of the solution."