And I stayed on that subcommittee till I rose to the top and I became the chairman of it, One of the 12 cardinals of the Congress right last Congress. And one of the reasons that I was interested in that is that Commerce, justice and Science, it funds the Department of Commerce, which we're both interested in, that it funds the sciences, including the National Science foundation and the entire space program. which is interesting. I support that fully. It's there to inspire young people to go into STEM and come up with great innovations and scientific breakthroughs. (13:05–13:22)
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