. >> hi, i'm jennifer miller, a doctorate candidate at usc chapel hill. you mentioned an intriguing counterfact if google were a russian company, but do we know that that is the alternative outcome are perhaps these entrepreneurial success stories due to some of our other institutions around the u.s., and mike counterfactual if we waited a few more years before the companies were founded, and then they would have been u.s. companies by the next person who grasped a similar idea. >> good question. counterfactuals are always hard to test by definition. i think it is apparent that the united states is facing growing competition for entrepreneurship especially in the i.t. area. i mean, the new president of russia has talked a lot about trying to create a russian silicone valley, so they are very much devoted to training their students and keeping them in russia and building the companies there. we see the same phenomena in a number of different asian companies and countries. i guess the worry i would have is when you look to the future with so many other coun

our thanks to jennifer miller on our side and david pomerantz, the ones who crafted this u.c. very diligently and accurately and want to thank them especially for their work. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. pursuant who house resolution 92 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole under the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 1. will the gentleman from georgia, mr. gingrey, kindly resume the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole in the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 1 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: making appropriations for the department of defense and the other departments and agencies of the government for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2011, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, a request for a recorded vote on amendment number 11 printed in the congressional record offered by the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence, had been postponed and the bill had been read through page 359,

. >> my name is jennifer miller, a candidate at chapel hill and this question is for david hart. to mentioned the counterfactual what this intel were hungarian company and google were a russian company, but do we know that that is the alternative outcome or perhaps the entrepreneurial stories do to some of our other institutions around the entrepreneurship in the u.s. and let that counterfactual be that we would have waited a few more years before the companies were founded and then the u.s. companies by the next person who grasped a similar idea. >> good question. counterfactual hard to test by definition but it is apparent in the united states is growing competition for entrepreneurship especially in the i.t. area. the president of russia talked a lot about trying to create a russian silicon valley so they are very much devoted to training their students and keeping them in russia and building the company's. we see the same phenomena and a number of tikrit asian companies -- countries, so i guess the world i would have is when you look to the future with so many other countries

. >> i am jennifer miller. i'm doctoral candidate. this question is for david hart.you mentioned the intriguing counterfactual of we are a hungarian company and google are russian company, but do we know that that is the alternative outcome? are these success stories due to some of our other institutions around the u.s. and might that counterfactual be that we would have waited a few more years before those companies were founded and they would have been u.s. companies by those who grasped a similar idea. >> good question. counterfactuals are hard to test by definition but it is apparent the united states is facing growing competition for on reportship especially in the pit area. the president of russia has talked about trying to create a russian silicon valley so they are very much devoted to training their students and keeping them in russia. we see the same phenomenon in a number of different asian countries. the worry i would have is if you look to the future with so many other countries seeing the power of information technology and life sciences, the link the t