first of all, with regard to research and development incentives, as i mentioned earlier state funded r and d is pretty common in europe and very common in china. but generally not so today in the united states. now it was true that in decades past u.s. government investment in space technology driven by the need for national security and other public sector functions often resulted in spin off benefits to commercial satellite builders. that was true in the '70s as the industry was getting started and through the 80s. but sometime in the '9 0z and certainly in the last decade, the flow of technology reversed. on a net bea sis we see more technology being created in the commercial sector that's then being adopted for use in the government programs as budgets have gotten tighter and as the level of performance of commercial technology has -- because of shorter cycle times has advanced more. therefore to stimulate continued private r and d investment by u.s. companies, i feel that the congress should adopt a more -- a longer term approach to r and d investment incentives. for those that fo

first of all, with regard to research and development incentives, as i mentioned earlier, state-funded r&d is pretty common in europe and very common in china, but generally not so today in the united states. now, it was true that in decades past u.s. government investment in space technology driven by the need for national security and other public sector functions often resulted in spin-off benefits to commercial satellite builders. and that was true in the '70s as the industry was getting started and through the '80s. but sometime in the '90 and certainly in the last decade the flow of technology reversed. and on a net basis today we see more technology being created in the commercial sector that's then being adopted for use in government programs as budgets have gotten tighter and as the level of performance of commercial technology has, because of shorter cycle times, has advanced more. therefore, to stimulate continued private r&d investment by u.s. companies, i feel that the congress should adopt a more, a longer-term approach to r&d investment incentives. for those that follow it

oregon, and like florida, you know, this is the basic no public fund r for abortion, but unlike florida, oregon is one of the only states that does give funding for abortion. it was tried two times beforement in 1978 and in 1986. this is not the first time they've seen the fight, and they are expecting to see it again. it's backed by oregon right to life, well-organized in their states. we will know in july. we're unsure what implications will be for public employees to have insurance, if this cuts their care also. i'm briefly going to go over my watch list, and this is things that have been filed, things moving, but were unsure of what the future was going to be. the first is presential notification in california. this is the fourth time. it was defeated in 2005, 2006, and 2008. they have filed multiple initiatives this year. when one expires, there's already one that can keep going. they did this up until june. we expect this because they are not as organized as they were in the past, and they are trying to gain time to get the funding and new organization to collect signatures. another one is religious liberties in c

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