I personally think that the Congressional visit was big. The market didn't seem to think so though. With congress coming back from recess shortly maybe we will hear something soon. There is current bill introduced that is sponsored by a Rockefeller, http://www.vision-systems.com/articles/2014/08/new-u-s-senate-bill-includes-language-on-optics-and-photonics.html Senator John (Jay) Rockefeller (D, NY) " As a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, he is the only currently serving politician of the prominent six-generation Rockefeller family " source wikipedia http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Rockefeller This family has their hands on alot of things, looks like optics and photonics as well.... This article can be found on the SPIE website also.
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