Yes, if you force me to--and this would not address the issue of competitiveness for this country--I think it would be very important to complete the indirect cost-recovery program to bring it up to 40%, because without that we are sinking. We are underfunding our research projects and we are not doing the repairs or the maintenance on our buildings. So the whole university enterprise is in danger.
On September 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.