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i look forward to this event every year

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because it reminds me that that nasa

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couldn't achieve the big things that we

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small businesses are not only crucial to

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us at nasa they are the backbone of the

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american economy and i i know i'm i know

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i'm preaching to the choir

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as the wheels of our economy continue to

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pick up steam it's important to remember

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that small business is the engine that's

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i can tell you

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i had no less than 18 people come up and

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tell me

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what a fantastic matchmaking session

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they had and how good all of our nasa

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small business specialists are

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and actually 10 of them said they really

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strongly believe that we are the best

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small business community

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in the federal government which i

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strongly strongly back and believe

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when we went around and visited

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all the production facilities

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i saw

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your work

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i saw that

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all of those

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small businesses in almost 50 states

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and they were an integral part that the

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space program could not exist without

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so i congratulate you guys and thank you

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very much for being as as good as you

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are