darpa funds in certain ways.i think there are a variety of different funding models and they think we do too little and analysis of which ones work well for which problems. the human genome project was a perfect example of a darpa like funding mechanism because it broke all the models. yes it sat within a peer review system that the agency was vastly more involved in the project. it didn't do what most nih grants do which is some money, tell me how it went. you had quarterly reports. it had all sorts of exchanges of ideas, force of exchanges of ideas and milestones then it was goal directed. darpa -- the cancer genome project going on right now is sort of like that. we need some darpa like authorities that the nih but i think should goal directed budgets be part of our portfolio more broadly? should rapid ability to fund things be part of our portfolio. arpa-e for example is funding in a much more rapid fashion so yes we should constantly be looking at the mechanisms, evaluating the agriculture. if we are not con

darpa funds in certain ways.i think there are a variety of different funding models and they think we do too little and analysis of which ones work well for which problems. the human genome project was a perfect example of a darpa like funding mechanism because it broke all the models. yes it sat within a peer review system that the agency was vastly more involved in the project. it didn't do what most nih grants do which is some money, tell me how it went. you had quarterly reports. it had all sorts of exchanges of ideas, force of exchanges of ideas and milestones then it was goal directed. darpa -- the cancer genome project going on right now is sort of like that. we need some darpa like authorities that the nih but i think should goal directed budgets be part of our portfolio more broadly? should rapid ability to fund things be part of our portfolio. arpa-e for example is funding in a much more rapid fashion so yes we should constantly be looking at the mechanisms, evaluating the agriculture. if we are not con

we don't know how much we can look at darpa's hard because there is in theory an arms embargo so they are to the arms embargo was announced there were flights to tripoli for those few days before the bombing campaign started from a variety of destinations and it was strange flights from for example damascus from various parts of central asia and elsewhere. despite the certainly the french of those said that they're dropping weapons i think inside and southwest of tripoli as well yes exactly that's exactly what is going to ask you this part is arms embargo the french have indeed admitted to dropping weapons into a certain situation where they're saying those civilians were under threat of being massacred by a good after u.s. military there's a problem of their own they right in helping those civilians by dropping those arms in the name of a humanitarian mission. well it seems to me very strange we're going about it and i thought the arms embargo was laid down by the security council was quite clear that it was arms to both sides were embargoed. and what about those arms that for reachi

the created model is modeled after darpa, ranging from cell phones to the creation of the internet itself. it has tremendous implications for america to meet its renewable energy needs. the bill before us is not smart. it's not sensible. it's simply not a fiscally responsible bill that meets our nation's energy future needs and cuts our deficit. i urge my colleagues to improve this bill through amendments during this open amendment process, and if it's anything to the close to the current form, to oppose the bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. webster: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to address a couple of items. the tax policy and how we can raise extra revenues. the tax policy was given to us by the 111th congress. i ashumsume if they wanted to change it they would have when they were in the majority. they didn't. as far as the money we're using in this budget, it is a small decrease but we have to do it. we're borrowing 40 cents on the dollar, $4.5 billion a day. we cannot affo

arpa-e was created in 2009 to bring the kind of innovative thinking that is well known at darpa, the defense advanced research projects agency, to the energy sector. that includes the focus on high risk, high reward r&d. and a quick-moving culture made up of experts who stay for just a few years to ensure that new ideas are continually being brought forward. unlike some government agencies its philosophy, much like a tech startup, is to hire the best technical staff and then hire the managers in leadership that can get the best out of them. this reinvention of the way that government does business is something we should be encouraging. a leaner approach adopted from the private sector with a more agile leadership and the mandate to cut underperforming research avenues is exactly what the department of energy needs. the american energy innovation council made up of the c.e.o.'s and chairmen of some of america's biggest companies including bill gates, norm augustine and jeff imilt, have proposed spending $1 billion a year on arpa-e, seeing it as a vital part of our energy future. this

arpa-e is modeled on darpa. darpa has been one of the great leaders in innovation in the national security area. i'm sorry to say it, but i think we have to defeat the flake amendment. i yield back. mr. frelinghuysen: i yield back. mr. flake: i'm just happy that this amendment doesn't rise to the level of being the most ridiculous amendment the gentleman from washington has ever seen. they usually do. but i would say again, we're not talking about things in national security or in defense, for which there is no commercial application, for which companies invest in this kind of research would not reap a windfall, the reason for which, the profit motive of in-- profit motive incentivizes companies to invest in these. why does goth have to be the investor of last resort in what is supposed to be transformational research that the industry cannot support due to high risk. if it's that risky, we shouldn't be taking it. if venture capital won't do it, we shouldn't be doing it either work money we're borrowing from ven

substantial taxpayer dollars, including through the defense advanced research projects agency, or darpa, in developing this great technology in advanced-next generation prosthetics. last week i had the chance to go to walter reed hospital and meet with some of our wounded warriors. they are absolutely amazing americans, and what they have done for our country is incredible. we can never repay the sacrifices that they have made. but the last thing that they should have to put up with is waiting for years of delay through the f.d.a. or other government agencies to make sure that they can get the very best technology available for next-generation advanced prosthetics. and that is why i offer this amendment, and i hope that this amendment will be passed to make sure that we can cut through the red tape, that the veterans administration will identify any hurdles that are present, that we can get through those hurdles and get that technology to our wounded warriors as soon as possible given what they have done for our country and continue to do in fighting on our behalf. they are heroes, and