and we are talking about the state of metropolitan america.ots of changes in the cities, the suburbs. we'll walk through it further. jacksonville, florida, you are up, first-it's nick on the line for democrats. go ahead, jacksonville. caller: yes, sir. how you doing, mr. frey? guest: i'm doing fine. caller: i'm a lifetime caller on the democratic line, but i want to let you know your report is spot on because i live in a 50-year-old suburban neighborhood to jacksonville. and this neighborhood is starting to look like a third world country. and this is the number one problem facing this country is we have too many people here now and we do not have the resources to take care of them. and something has got to be done about this. host: too many people he's saying. guest: well, i don't know. there's debate that we have too many people in the united states and contrasting our population with japan and some have a decline in the labor force population, we're not going to have to worry about that. i think what the caller is talking about, though, per

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however, as mark from the metropolitan policy at the brookings institute says, america lags other nations in fostering these bottomup systems of business development, innovation and talent matching. the time has come, he went on, for america to make regional industry networks a defining aspect of the nation's aspect to catalyze the next era of high-quality job creation and growth. bart gordon and the science and tech committee have done that and i congratulate them for that. it's an encouraging step that this bill does just that. in addition, the america competes act helps ensure that our work force will meet the challenges of the 21st century economy by investing in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. and it re-authorizes and increases funding for the vital national science foundation which promotes cutting edge research by funding innovation in fields from computer science to mathematics to genomics. madam speaker, federal support for research is one of the best investments we can make. and i congratulate mr. gordon, again, not only on his leadership on this bill but on hi