mr. speaker , i thank the gentleman from louisiana for yielding me this time . 
i welcome the comments from the gentleman from california ( mr. george miller ) xz4002780 . 
he talks about a lot of issues that are more important to making america more competitive . 
we may disagree on the track , but i think it is important that we do move forward with an r & amp ; d tax credit that is permanent . 
i think it is important that we do move forward to protect intellectual property rights . 
but he does make an additional point , and that it is always easy to be against something instead of for something . 
if we are going to make progress , we need to work together ; so i would welcome him to join the economic competitive caucus because i think together we could find ways to fund technology grants and technology schools . 
and i would like to point out that we have doubled the funding for the national science foundation , and we continue the strong funding of that . 
the gentleman from new york ( mr. owens ) xz4003060 also mentioned a couple of things that i think are important to be addressed in this debate . 
one is the effect that china is having on our economy , and i think the point was made by the gentleman from new york that regulation is not holding them back . 
but let me tell the members what is happening in china . 
they have focused on technology . 
they graduated 350 , 000 engineers last year . 
they graduated more english-speaking electrical engineers than america did , and they have done that because they want to target certain areas . 
in kansas they have targeted several industries : the hand truck industry , the auto lift industry . 
they are trying to run american businesses out of business so that they can have a corner on the market , and that is why we need to have enforceable trade policy , which is part of this resolution . 
the gentleman from california ( mr. george miller ) xz4002780 addressed education . 
that is why education and lifelong learning is part of this resolution . 
but let me just tell the members what china is doing that i think is important to the debate and why i think they should understand why we need to address these issues today instead of putting them off . 
the regulation barriers that we have are keeping us from doing wonderful things that could help create and start jobs . 
in china they are trying to create a silicon valley . 
they have set up a top-notch university . 
they have given venture capital to the area . 
they have office space available . 
they have property management for anybody who has a good idea . 
they have legal advice , patent advice . 
they even allow professors and students to start businesses on their own . 
the way to address that is by changing our system and removing the barriers . 
the gentleman from new york ( mr. owens ) mentions the trial lawyers , the $ 40 billion that came out of our economy for trial lawyers . 
just think , if we apply some commonsense reforms , we can make jobs in america . 
one example is in 1995 when the statute of repose was passed , which put commonsense limits on the manufacture of airplanes , and the following year 4 , 000 jobs were created in kansas alone , plus additional jobs all across the united states . 
all we are saying in this resolution is let us step back from what we are doing today and say if we were going to start this system tomorrow , would we do the same thing ? 
will it impact jobs ? 
can we work together to create and keep jobs in america instead of seeing them slide off to other countries ? 
so i think this is a good resolution , and i would welcome the suggestions from the other side , and i think together we can help bring jobs back to america . 
