State of Scientific Investment

May 2, 2007

U.S. Senate | Commerce, Science and Transportation Senate Committee Commerce, Science and Transportation Senate Committee Commerce, Science and Transportation | Science, Technology and Innovation

Five 2006 Nobel laureates testified about scientific research and enterprise in the U.S., the importance of investment in science, and discoveries made as the result of funding applied research.
Five 2006 Nobel laureates testified about scientific research and enterprise in the U.S., the importance of investment in science, and discoveries made as the result of funding applied research.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:13 none TESTIFIED ON SCIENCE FUNDING LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS THAT THE NOBEL PRIZES...
00:00:27 Unidentified Speaker WENT TO WELCOME EVERYONE HERE, THE COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER AND WE WILL HAVE PROBABLY A LEAST...
00:04:26 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH I HAVE BEEN HONORED TO BE WITH THIS GENTLEMAN EARLIER TODAY I PUT MY SALMON IN...
00:04:36 Unidentified Speaker YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRIEF IN YOUR RIGHT.
00:04:40 Unidentified Speaker ALIKE TO INTRODUCE TO OF OUR NOBEL LAUREATES AND THEN SENATOR BOXER WILL INTRODUCE THE THREE NOBEL...
00:09:20 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:09:22 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU WE UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TODAY SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND...
00:10:05 Unidentified Speaker I'M RON ETCHER.
00:10:08 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS A MICROPHONE THERE JUST MAKE SURE IT DOES ON. CANNOT BE HEARN? I AM ROGER FROM STANFORD ...
00:15:09 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU AND BY THE WAY, ALL OF YOUR -- DETECTIVE YOUR STATEMENTS WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD...
00:15:20 Unidentified Speaker MAYBE I SHOULD JUST MAKE IT PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT I THINK THE VALUE OF TODAY'S HEARING AND I THINK...
00:16:11 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS. I THINK WE...
00:18:25 Unidentified Speaker YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ALL COME TO TALK WITH YOU. WE HOPE WE CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. I WAS...
00:20:50 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:20:56 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR PRYOR, -- SENATOR BOXER AND WERE HOLDING THESE HEARINGS AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE...
00:23:35 Unidentified Speaker LET ME, IF I MAY BE OFF ON THE QUESTION BUT WHENEVER LIKE TO DO FOR THE SENATOR HERE IS THAT WOULD...
00:25:05 Unidentified Speaker THE ME EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING WAY GOOD EXAMPLE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MODERN...
00:26:45 Unidentified Speaker ONE ASPECT -- IF I MAY ONE ASPECT OF THIS -- THAT IS WORTH AS SAYING IS ASSIGNED AS WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY...
00:28:39 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO ELABORATE ON ITS MEDICAL EXAMPLES BECAUSE OF SOME PEOPLE REALLY DO SO ENSUE RELATE ON THE...
00:30:39 Unidentified Speaker ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO TAKE THAT?
00:30:41 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS DISCUSSION OR TORCHED IN THE SPACE RACE WHICH IS ALMOST 50 YEARS OLD NOW....
00:32:04 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE BEEN AROUND HERE FOR A LONG TIME. AND I PROBABLY EVER MORE MONEY TO MORE MUCH AS FOUR BASIC...
00:33:02 Unidentified Speaker IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BEAR MIND THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS INSTITUTED FIRST OF ALL A SYSTEM...
00:33:11 Unidentified Speaker YOUR NOT ANSWER MY QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION WHERE IS THE BALANCE...
00:33:21 Unidentified Speaker TOREN TO EXPLAIN THAT THE PRIVATE FUNDS ARE FAR LESS AND NO ADEQUATE THE PRIVATE FUNDS ARE LESS THAN...
00:33:39 Unidentified Speaker THE ONLY DUTCH MY LAST MEMORY ABOUT SOME ARE ROUND AND 11% OF THE GNP. AND DON'T TELL ME THAT THERE...
00:34:04 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF -- THE FOUNDATIONS HAVE FAR...
00:34:38 Unidentified Speaker AT MAJERLE ZZ WITH THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE DOUBLED RESEARCH FUNDING FOR AN EYE AGE WHEN IT DOUBLED RESEARCH...
00:35:41 Unidentified Speaker I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE $30 BILLION BECAUSE I'M THOUGH UNAWARE OF FUNDS BEING AVAILABLE FROM ANY OTHER...
00:36:18 Unidentified Speaker I KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY IS SEPARATE DECREE DON'T CAUSE WE HAVE MORE MONEY THAN PRIVATE-SECTOR...
00:36:56 Unidentified Speaker DUALS SHOULD THE MESSENGER BUT WE'RE HEARING IS FEARED WE'RE HEARING IS IN REACHING THE POINT THAT...
00:37:07 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD RESPECTFULLY SAY THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS TRYING ITS BEST AND THAT THE ARGUMENT THAT AS...
00:37:17 Unidentified Speaker I CAN MAYBE TELL A STORY IS THAT WE HAD A RESEARCH PROJECT THERE WAS CERTAINLY NOT READY TO BE FUNDED...
00:39:34 Unidentified Speaker YOU ALL MAY WONDER WHAT HIS LAKHDAR WITH THESE BUZZERS ARE THAT MEAN WE ARE IN THE VOTE AND WE'RE...
00:40:39 Unidentified Speaker WE CALL THE COMMITTEE BACK TO ORDER. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PATIENT WE JUST HAD A VOTE AND NOW YOU...
00:42:24 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A A SIMPLE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IN REGARD TO NIH AND THAT IS TO RESTORE WAR WAS LOST DURING...
00:42:42 Unidentified Speaker THEY ARE FEELING THE MEANEY GAP THAT HAS BEEN CREATED THE EMERGENCY THAT HAS ARISEN THAT IS FIRST...
00:43:09 Unidentified Speaker THIS AND EVERY ONE STRATEGY THAT?
00:43:11 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE KNEW THAT TALK RELIABLE FUNDING IN MEASE GOING UP OF LEASES -- IS INFLECTION AND INARI...
00:43:37 Unidentified Speaker SOMETIMES HERE IN WASHINGTON, I DON'T TO THROW STONES AT ANYONE BUT SOMETIMES HERE IN WASHINGTON,...
00:44:53 Unidentified Speaker VIEQUES IS SOMETHING THEY'RE THERE HAS TO BE THE AMAZON RESEARCH THAT THERE HAVE BEEN HORRIBLE EXPERIENCES...
00:46:03 Unidentified Speaker AMANA ROUTT BECAUSE -- YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE ONE OF THE THINGS IT HAPPENS IS SOME PEOPLE MOVE THE RESEARCH...
00:46:34 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY SENATOR, LET ME ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. AND THAT OUR LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO...
00:47:54 Unidentified Speaker I GUESS IT WILL START BY GIVING YOU AN ANTIDOTE. I HAVE FIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS AND THREE OF THEM COME...
00:49:33 Unidentified Speaker ANY OTHER COMMENTS OF THAT? PICKING THEM WILL COME BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM...
00:50:28 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON.
00:50:31 Unidentified Speaker I SAID THANK YOU FOR COMING, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOUR PRICE I COME HERE AS...
00:51:55 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION IS FOR A MOWING. WE AS A NATION IN DEED AS A SPECIES REALLY THE...
00:54:54 Unidentified Speaker ANYONE ELSE?
00:54:55 Unidentified Speaker I SHOULD SPEND A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME WITH OUR RESOURCES AND -- BOASTED BY HAVING -- I AM TRYING TO...
00:56:06 Unidentified Speaker ARE JUST THINKING WHAT HE HAD SAID. I DECIDED WE HAD A BRIGHT THREAD AROUND LAST NIGHT. MY DAUGHTER...
00:57:37 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A JOINT APPOINTMENT WITH THE -- WHICH IS A EIGHT -- AND INVERSIVE OF CORNETT AND THAT IS A SYSTEM...
00:59:43 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:59:47 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE BEFORE I CUT YOU LOSE, I WANT TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR...
01:00:30 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE HAVE TO PLEAD THE FIFTH ON THAT ONE. WE ALSO HAVE A ROLE THAT WE STICK TO BE NOMINATORS....
01:00:40 Unidentified Speaker SO YOU ARE PASSING PROTOCOL HERE, SENATOR, SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE SAY.
01:00:47 Unidentified Speaker SO IT IS LIKE THE ACADEMY OR 12 WINNETT FOUR AND THAT LIFE -- HE GETS THE CHANCE TO PUT IN -- IS VERY...
01:01:03 Unidentified Speaker " WE LIKE TO PUT IN A WORD FOR MINNESOTA AND ARKANSAS. LISTEN. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND I...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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