But the offer came with a request that the university lobby the government to delay regulations that could harm the generic industry.
Two big projects have been declared strategically important for energy needs, but have been plagued by delays, regulations changes and community resistance.
Confidential progress reports from the Health and Human Services Department show that senior officials repeatedly expressed doubts that the computer systems for the federal exchange would be ready on time, blaming delayed regulations, a lack of resources and other factors.
Last summer, a study on the tarmac rule by the Airline Zone, an airline economics consultant, warned that "at least 200,000 passengers will be on more than 2,600 flights canceled directly and solely to comply with tarmac-delay regulations" in the first year.
But democrats dismissed the attacks as motivated by a desire to delay regulations.
Likewise, a 2007 report about onboard delays led to landmark tarmac delay regulations, which went into effect in 2010.
"The bill would allow industry to challenge agencies based on these new criteria, and in turn make agencies have to delay regulations".
In June, the FDA announced that it would delay regulations on how e-cigs are marketed by four years and that it planned to limit the amount of nicotine in traditional cigarettes.
Also, they want to delay regulation until the industry matures and they see what pressures Internet telephone traffic puts on the conventional phone network.
