mr. kinzinger. >> thank you. and thank you for coming and joining us. i want to thank the administration for the enactment of the colombia free trade agreement which was very important. i'm concerned, mr. secretary, with the state of our economy and the state of u.s. manufacturing as well. the march manufacturing output index slipped to 0.2% from 0.8% which is a dangerous sign in my mind, that our economy is slowing due to high cost of transportation. it's clear when i'm home in illinois that what manufacturers are asking of the federal government, they want a fair and competitive tax code. they want less intrusion from federal agencies and they want a sound supply of affordable energy. they simply want a level playing field to be able to compete with other countries overseas. i hope that you'll be able to discuss some of the work you're doing to make america competitive again. and with that, i guess i will yield back. >> i thank the gentlemen. and now we'll turn our attention to the panels. we have two panels of witnesses joining us today. each of our w

mr. kinzinger. mr. kinzinger: please join me. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman has one minute. mr. wilson: as i travel across the sec congressional district of south carolina, over the last constituent workweek, i became increasingly aware of a growing relationship between the savannah river national laboratory and one of their regional research universities, the university of south carolina. these two entities are working together to address key national energy needs in nuclear, hydrogen, few cells, environmental science, advance sensors, and alternative energy in addition to

mr. kinzinger, for five minutes. mr. kinzinger: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to just say before i actually get started, we just saw the space shuttle fly over on the back of a 747 and i salute the end of an amazing era in space exploration and i look forward to the next day of nasa being able to talk about space exploration and how we're going to get out there so we don't have to rely on russians to get to space to continue to do what i think is a very important role of the federal government. i was in houston, i actually went through the nasa center here about three, four days ago, but i was in houston for military duty. i am a pilot in the air national guard. i fly an airplane called an rc-26, which is a reconnaissance plane. i did nine days of duty and what we did is we were in texas flying missions on the border of mexico in order to help border patrol to secure that border, to ensure that people that want to come here come here legal answered if not more importantly, to ensure that the drug trade is not being brought in our country, reduce the amou

mr. kinzinger. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois. mr. kinzinger: thank you, mr. speaker. you all know the saying, money is power, right? i think we all can agree in this chamber that the one thing we want to do is empower small business. how do you empower small business? you let them keep more of the money they earn so they can go out and they can invest in new products so they can hire people. i'd love to get people back to work. i'd love to empower small business. that's why we want to let them keep more of what they earn. i had an initiative called the one more job initiative where i asked small business owners, what do you need from the federal government to create one more job? a noble concept instead of pontificating. the number one answer i got, mr. speaker, the number one answer was, let us keep more of the money we earn. and let us hire people. give us tax certainty. that's why i rise in support, today, of this tax cut package because this is exactly what small business needs to continue to be successful, to pull this country out of this recession we're

mr. kinzinger: in fact just today the new york stock exchange was the target of a dedot attack on some of its external computer systems. that's not something we magically happen today. this is happening every day. thousands and thousands of times a day. i'm a military guy a. military pilot. i think a lot about the threats from outside. you think a lot about threats of terrorism and threats of invasion or anything along that line, one of the biggest threats that keep us up at night is this idea of a cyberattack. and i think it's something that we have to take head on. this voluntary information sharing, classified portions of our government and certified private actors will serve to enhance our defenses greatly. it's important to note the amount of classified information currently shared between our government and private industry is muddled at best. a few private companies were lucky enough to received an invitation into the current classified annex of cybersecurity sharing, face significant challenges when it comes to even understanding what this information is. many times they simply ca