There are enormous opportunities for breakthroughs that are being funded. And I think we have also seen over the last number of years that that's not the only area of research that needs to be well-funded, that in order to keep making breakthroughs in NIH research, we need to continue to focus on basic research, on the kinds of things that the National Science Foundation supports in terms of basic science and even mathematics. We have put forward proposals that have not been well-funded so far in the appropriations process. In the area of NSF, the House is about a half a billion dollars below the funding levels that we've requested. And let me just give you one example of what would be lost at the lower funding level.
Nanotechnology sounds like something that's almost science fiction.
It's a word that's easy to think is not a real tangible policy. It's the kind of breakthrough that will open doors to science and health research that are closed if we don't invest in nanotechnology. That's why the president put those proposals forward, it's why we're fighting very hard as the Congress considers our budget request for those priorities. We're going to stick to our guns, and we're going to keep insisting on better funding in these areas, because we believe it's very important. Lew was later asked about earmarking of federal science funds for specific colleges and universities, and the impact which it has had on the administration's science programs.