House Proceeding 07-08-09 on Jul 8th, 2009 :: 0:39:45 to 0:42:55
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Yvette Clarke: nebraska yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. velazquez: mr. chairman, i would like to inquire of the chair how much time we have left? the chair: the gentlewoman from new york has 6 1/2 minutes remaing. ms. velazquez: i yield to the gentlelady from new york, ms. clarke, three minutes. the chair: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized for three minutes. ms. clarke: thank you, mr.

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Speech By: Yvette Clarke

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Yvette Clarke: chairman. i request permission to revise and extend my remarks. the chair ms. clarke: i rise today to take a strong stand for small business by supporting h.r. 2965, the enhancing small business research and innovation act of 2009. which re-authozes small business innovation research and the small business technology

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Yvette Clarke: transfer grants program. this very important piece of legislation will strengthen and solidify the found dation for the growth and -- foundation for the growth and ultimate success of our nation's small businesses and determine the subsequent success of our country's economy. the sbir program is one of the most successful federal programs for research and technology

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Yvette Clarke: innovations. it has been central in the process of maintaining the u.s. as a leader in technological innovation, delivering over 60,000 patents, several hundred valuable innovations in all commercial areas, including defense and homeland security. this congress, i have the honor of sitting on the committee of homeland security and chairing

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Yvette Clarke: the subcommittee on eamericaing threats, cyber security and science technology. as a representative of the district located in central brooklyn and a native w yorker, i have witnessed first-hand the need for advanced technology to keep america and its citizens safe. the events of 9/11 and subsequent war in afghanistan and iraq have catalyzed the need

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Yvette Clarke: to develop both anti-terrorism technology and defense systems that will defend our nation and save precious american life from terrorist action. moreover, this funding is integral in providing funding for women and minority-owned firm research that have been historically marginalized and

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Yvette Clarke: have more difficulty navigating through the technology innovation researcarena. there's no better time than now to encourage technological innovation, to meet the federal research and development needs of our country and to increase the quality and quantity of products in our market. and there's no other group better equipped to handle such a task than the small business committee.

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Yvette Clarke: currently small businesses are responsible for creating roughly 70% of new jobs and employ half of the private sector work force. they are truly the backbone of our economy and the conduit through which we will emerge from this recession. i've had a very long standing commitment to the support of the technological entrepreneurship and the jobs it creates. in my district in brooklyn, our

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Yvette Clarke: state university medical center is host to brooklyn's first biotechnology incubator where small emerging entrepreneurs are developing the cures for our nation's illnesses a diseases. this legislation enables the vital support of these entrepreneurs, -- that these entrepreneurs are desperately seeking.

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Yvette Clarke: this is why i strongly support the enhancing small business research innovation act of 2009. i thank chairwoman velazquez, ranking member graves,