is your joshua cobbs, this nicole akin boyds, david millar and dana halverson. >> thank you all for beinghere. some of you have come a great distance, and again, your statement will be made part of the record in their entirety. and you can kind of summarize five minutes or so, i would appreciate it very much. we will start from left to right here, dr. dawson. the chief science officer for autism speaks, prior to that position she was a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the university of washington, the founding director of the university's autism center, dr. dawson received her phd from the university of washington. dr. dawson, thank you very much, and please proceed. again, summarized in five to seven minutes we would appreciate it. >> good morning, mr. chairman. >> punch the button. >> good morning, mr. chairman. i want to thank you for inviting me. i am very honored to appear before this subcommittee. and i want to thank the committee members, and you, mr. chairman, for your leadership in providing full funding for the combating autism act. and also for your most recent fiscal