Traditional and in some ways Old Fashioned area of technology, yet one of very rapid and ongoing innovation. Very central to the performance of our military forces as well. And were going to talk about software and the ways in which systems, electronic systems, countermeasure systems that have heavy electronics and i. T. Component have to be thought about today, have to be improved. All of this relates clearly to some big themes in defense, budgeting, Defense Strategy, to what extent is Technology Changing so fast that we need to emphasize pursuit of a revolution of military affairs perhaps even more than we have been. To what extent do we need to get on top of a new wave of innovation and make sure our adversaries dont do it first. Or what extent is this an ongoing evolutionary process and a lot of exciting important things are happening but we dont need to get overly excited or disruptive about our approach to defense resource allocation. And the broadest of all senses it relates to
Think of me and us as a resource to help navigate that. What i brought today for the purposes of an introduction, im glad to answer any questions about our body of work but i highlights pages to two testimonies and theyre on the table over there. One was a testimony in may of 2010 before this committee, and it was based on a report that came out in july of 2009. And we were asked to look out how much progress had sba made in implementing the Small Business Disaster Response and improvement act of 2008. Its a mouthful. Ill now call it the 2008 act. Very important piece of legislation. It was a good way to look at progress sba had made from basically the problems that incurred during katrina and rita and it was also what remained to be done. The other thing we did was extensive fieldwork looking at the response of the 2008 disasters, which were of a smaller magnitude of katrina or sandy. It was the midwest floods and hurricane ike in particular where we did extensive fieldwork and we cou
The needs of veterans. I asked previous secretary for how can i help. What tools dont you have to solve this problem with no response sn again, if there is changes in the law and programs that are necessary it encourage loan forgiveness or whatever would help you attract professionals, i would like to be an ally. Heres my scenario of a couple of stories. Lee mann is a veteran. I mentioned him in opening remarks. He had the fortune of the va calling him to tell him he no longer needed to drive four hours to nebraska from kansas to have a colonoscopy. Thats the good news. That suggested that there is change afoot. Thank you. Down the road, about an hour in plainville, kansas, Larry Mcintyre said he drove three hours to wichita to get a cortizone shot in his shoulder. He goes several times a week for other minor procedures. There is a sea bot within 25 miles, but they dont have the capabilities as i understand it of providing cortizone shots. What does exist is a hometown hospital. Rooks
Representatives of disease groups know more about the diseases than anybody else. They have worked so hard to try to understand whats at stake. Pressing the government to be as flexible as possible. I think its important for the infrastructure for the 21st century cures. I want to say i would be a little cautious about thinking we can solve big problems with legislation with all the unforeseen consequences that can sit inn at a panel here ten years from now and bemoan. I guess thats not a question, but comments. I thank the witnesses and particularly, my good friend and constituent mike milken for all that he has done. Thank you, mr. Chairman for convening this roundtable and thank you to the expert witnesses for your insights. Every time we have one of these hearings or roundtables, we learn a lot. We had an excellent roundtable with dr. Collins, dr. Hamburg, our chairman, dr. Burgess, frank blum were there. It was very important and meaningful. Dr. Collins, youve forcefully made the
40 years. One, putting the patients at the center of discovery, development and delivery process. More efficient Clinical Trials. Meaningful working relationships between patients. And diseasespecific organizations. One of the great advancements of the past two decades has been the strengthening and improvement of the disease Recognition Research group. Two, incentivize collaboration across sectors in the r d process. Public private partnership. Look at history books and see those partnerships between ford and kaiser and the government that allowed us to have victory in world war ii as we moved our forprofit Industrial Companies quickly to produce ships and other products we needed during world war ii. Three, encourage novel Financial Solutions that address the riskiest r d endeavors. Change this risk return ratio. As an example, mr. Chairman, all we have to do is look at acid rain. A major issue in the latter part of the 1980s in america. Movies, public hearings, et cetera, the loss o