Click the link over to C-SPAN to view all of this person's videos there. About this video: Bill Gates testified at a hearing on competitiveness in the global marketplace as it relates to technology. Topics include efforts needed to strengthen U.S. competitiveness in the global marketplace, policies to encourage innovation, and the role of technology in economic growth. In 2008 the Committee on Science and Technology celebrates its 50th anniversary. This hearing highlights that occasion by receiving testimony on the country's technological advances over the past 50 years, the current state of the country's competitiveness, and a look at the challenges ahead.