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Welcome to the Scientific American Podcast Science Talk hosted on July 22nd, 2014.

I'm Steve Merski. On this episode, Ms. Marriott de Christina is the first woman to lead a 169-year-old, Scientific American, which is the longest

continuing publication in the United States of America. That's Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia.

He's the chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

And on Thursday, July 17th, Scientific American Editor-in-Chief Mariette de Christina,

testified before the committee at a hearing titled,

The Federal Research Portfolio, capitalizing on investments in R&D.

The entire hearing goes on for about two hours, but don't worry, I only have about 13 minutes

for you. We'll hear DeChristina's opening statement preceded by the opening statement of Vint Cerf.

He's often called one of the fathers of the Internet and currently carries the title of Google's

vice president and

chief internet evangelist. We throw it to Rockefeller introducing Surf.

Dr. Surf, you're going to be first.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and ranking member Thune. There is no substitute for deep

understanding of natural and artificial phenomena, especially when

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