it still allows the big v.c. companies to come in and gobble up the companies that would otherwise go to small businesses. the venture capitalists do tremendous work, but certainly not in this situation where the money gets diverted from the big companies to the little guys. mr. polis: reclaiming my time. why should companies be forced to accept government grants when there's private capital out there that would be willing to save taxpayer money, bring that technology to the next stage and preserve that taxpayer money and preserve those products and technologies? with that i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from oregon, the chairman of the subcommittee of technology and innovation, mr. wu. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. wu: i'd like to address the points raised by mr. manzullo, which i also believe to be erroneous. first, the history of this program has been that from 1982 until 2003 venture capital investment in sbir companies was not restricted in any way w

v.c. from the main entrance to the cannon tunnel. so we'll improve upon that, and that communication. especially since the cannon tunnel is handled by our house division and the capitol division is primarily responsible for the c.v. c. we'll improve upon that communication with ms. rouse. >> ok. >> but we do work very well together in that respect. >> ms. rouse? >> we actually do work very well. we have a weekly partners meeting with everyone who has anything to do with the c.v.c. down to the attending physician's office. and it's a great debriefing hour where everything that can be said and we work through the issues. and of course every time something new happens then we debrief on. that so that communication i think has led a lot to what often is a very smooth operation. when there are hiccups we acknowledge them and we don't brush them under the table. we kind of go right after them. >> thank you very much. i just want to commend all of you. bass my notes indicate the average wait time is down from two to four hours to six minute