Rising above the Gathering Storm

From the available context, it seems to suggest that the report contains ideas that are not above, not influenced by the normal, mundane thinking on the issues but by out of the box thinking.

10/20/2005
109th Congress (First Session)
Norman R. Augustine, P. Roy Vagelos, and William A. Wulf

They made a speech at the congress, and told the congress about their worries in regard to brain drain in the US, and their innovative proposals for the benefit of America's future. The following is a link to that speech, entitled "Rising above the Gathering Storm"

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ocga/testimony/gathering_storm_energizing_and_employing_america2.asp