dr. robert atkinson, president of innovation foundation. al fan zoe lubrano, small and medium manufacturers. craig giffi, vice chairman and u.s. leader at deloitte and dr. kenneth tindall, from the north carolina biotechnology center. good afternoon. thank you all for being here with us today in front of our subcommittee. you'll each be recognized for five minutes. please watch the timers in front of you. when it turns yellow, you have a minute to wrap up and make sure to turn on your microphone and bring it close to your mouth. the audience at home needs to hear you and only can if you're speaking clearly into the microphones. dr. atkinson, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you madam chairman. it's a pleasure to be here. itif has been doing a fair amount of research on what's happened to the u.s. manufacturing economy and we'll be releasing a report shortly on what we need to do to fix it. we lost a larger share of our manufacturing jobs in the last decade than in the great depression. consensus is a reflection of superior perfo

dr. robert atkinson, president of information technology and innovation foundation, alfonso lubrano, presidentof materion incorporated, craig giffi, vice chairman and u.s. leader, consumer and industrial products at deloiotte, and dr. kenneth tindall, from the north carolina biotechnology center. good afternoon. thank you all for being here with us today in front of our subcommittee. you'll each be recognized for five minutes. please, watch the timers in front of you. when it turns yellow, you have a minute to wrap up, and make sure to turn your microphone on and bring it close to your mouth. the audience at home needs to hear you. dr. atkinson, or recognized -- you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chairman, members of the committee, it's a pleasure to be here. itif has been doing a fair amount of research on what's actually happened to the u.s. manufacturing economy, and we'll be releasing a report shortly on do we need to do to fix it. as we've shown in our work, we've lost a larger share of our manufacturing jobs in the last decade than we did in the great depression. th