let me go ahead and explain the chair manchin: we have dr. david applegate, the ambassador to be the assistant secretary of the interior and dr. evelyn wong to be director of the advanced research project agency. we held a hearing on these nominees on april 20. i support all the nominees. they re qualified for the positions. i think we have support in a bipartisan way. dr. applegate is a geologist with the usgs for the past 18 years and served as acting director for the past year. ambassador cantor is with the state department. she spent the last two and a half years as our ambassador to the states of micronesia. the doctor is the head of mechanical engineering at m.i.t. and served as associate director of the solar thermal energy conversion sector. all three nominees will bring expect them will bring extensive knowledge and expertise to the positions and i urge my colleagues to an almond two vote in favor of them. moving to the focus of teddy s hearing, i want to welcome
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