we are tired of paying for more expensive health care for the rest of the Nation as well and having our system jeopardized.

I guarantee you they are probably not.

we have proven that innovation does drive better outcomes and lower costs.

So I would say that, currently, they are being bumbled around.

I appreciate Senator Murkowski raising this issue, as I know it is of great importance to both our States, and I am happy to discuss the intent and effect of the provision to which she is referring. Senator Murray and I have worked closely…

We wish all States would move toward that rebalancing.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for your line of questioning. I know you really are trying to be a guardian for the less fortunate here, and I think one of my most memorable Senate moments will be, you know, your 3 a.m. speech…

And, is not the number that something, like, we need 300,000 computer scientists on a national basis every year, and we are graduating like 73-or-some-thousand? We are not off by a little. We are off by a lot.

I do not know if it is the last hearing we are going to have, but certainly want to add my thanks to Senator Hutchison for her leadership as the Ranking Member.

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We look at it as we have had this burden for 7 years in the Tri-Cities.

It's unacceptable for this waste to be stored at Hanford. It's unacceptable.

It's time to stamp out any proposals to increase the already high tax burden imposed on the aviation sector.

So I just want to be clear. Are we doing enough?

To remain competitive in the short-term, the United States must reinstate the R&D tax credit for 2012.

We've got to have ODA, which is, you know, one of the things we're looking at in the 312 work that we're doing with FAA.

It's those NASA big picture things that young people can see and be inspired by that really are the key to our future generations developing interest in this area.

Well, I'm not so sure we don't need a poster that says, 'Uncle Sam needs you,' because if we're talking about this sector being such a huge employment sector for the United States and the growth that we're seeing around the globe, this is…

A lot of people say throw more resources at the FAA.

this R&D tax credit is a fundamental element that's very important to us.

The House has approved legislation and it's now the Senate's turn to protect American passengers and carriers from Europe's emission tax.

I believe that in the United States, in aviation investment for research and development in NASA, we're probably 10 percent of what the European Union is investing in similar areas.

I definitely think that did turn on a light bulb--having visited that several times--a light bulb for a lot of, particularly, young women who decided that composite manufacturing was very interesting juxtaposed to previous manufacturing…