Rick Larsen actually said...

"We would also like to hear your recommendations for ideas to bolster the existing defense industrial base."

"What is/should be DOD's strategy for transitioning innovations developed at small businesses to the battlefield..."

"Doing business with the DOD either the cost to enter the defense market or the cost to comply with defense regulations is prohibitive."

"A key message that has been shared by a lot of the stakeholders that we have met with is the importance of the defense industrial base to our Nation's security."