the first presentation is by mr. hans and i'm sure i mangled your name and you can do the same with mine. hans is an international coordinator, a is you si did i of the dutch knowledge center on traffic and transport. it's a knowledge center for expertise on cycling and other subjects. it runs the website bicyclecouncil.org and has cycling ambassadors to spread the word on dutch policy cycling abroad. prior to joining the group, he was the project leader of a 10 million euro european project, the opt tum two which stopped the use of cars for commuting businesses and social and recreational activities by providing motorists attractive alternatives. i'm sure he has a huge amount of information to share with us. hans, please. and he needs a microphone. >> thank you. i'm very glad that i'm invited to be here which is my primary task because we are also -- the company is also the official government office to lend support to other countries to promote -- who want to promote bicycling which is booming, not only here, but worldw

i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from texas and the yes han from michigan, mr.eters, be allowed to sit with us, with the committee and participate in the hearing. is there objection? the chair hears none. at this time i'd like to introduce our panel of witnesses, and i yield two minutes to my good friend and fellow texan, mr. -in owe sew, to introduce our first team. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as the representative there the 15th congressional district of deep south texas, it's truly an honor for me to welcome the discovery month sorry school of edinburgh, text, to the house science, space and technology committee. as the ranking member of the subcommittee on higher education, we work closely with this committee on science and space and technology because together we hope that by 2020 we can be able to generate and accomplish a goal that was set out by the president, and that was to have an additional 100,000 engineers here in our country. i'm delighted to be here to congratulate all the students being recognized from throughout the country, but especially i co