Government Operations committee  We need to become more confident—

Government Operations committee  Thank you.

Government Operations committee  I have worked for U.S. companies. I have worked in the States for a couple of years. They're advanced in terms of their procurement programs. They're advanced in terms of their innovation programs. They use the Department of Defense and EPA very effectively. There's a lot more ac

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Absolutely. I think they do a lot of good things. That's why Elyse and I are not recommending creating anything new here. Let's take the best of what we can see around the world. Particularly, we've spent more time in the United States looking at this, and we see successes that w

Government Operations committee  Oh, God; we do it as a part of our lives. I wrote a book two years ago just about leadership. We're inundated all the time. We have mentors. I mentor men, I mentor women—more women than men. Elyse and I over-mentor, I know. But sponsoring is really important too. There's a differ

Government Operations committee  We need to sponsor women. The men around the table have women in their organizations. They need to sponsor them at the executive tables when decisions are made on careers. There has to be much more of that. We do it one on one. We do it collectively. We do it as much as we can.

Government Operations committee  I'm good.

Government Operations committee  It's a really good question.

Government Operations committee  Elyse and I haven't designed the procurement programs. We haven't had the time. We talk about challenges, and we talk about recommendations. I will tell you, I started this business, NRStor. I'm a developer of energy storage projects. My first success was when I got a three-year

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  I would also say that with innovation, it's the same thing. Elyse addressed a lot of the stuff. We have the same requirements for regulation for a big company and a small new company trying to introduce innovation in our country. We need to accelerate that. We really need to find

Government Operations committee  I know, Elyse. I know how hard it is. I'm through this. I get it. You don't want it either. I get it, but it's even worse. You're restricting growth.

Government Operations committee  It's restricting growth.

Government Operations committee  We're really good at starting businesses and keeping them small. We're not so good at scaling up. That is the big dilemma we face. That is what we're trying to address in the first pillar report. It is a big problem. Some of those jobs, and a lot of the perhaps bigger company job