At the same time, I would caution against any unnecessary politicization of DOE's research and development activities.
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I am eager to learn more from our witnesses about how DOE intends to maximize these resources at its disposal in support of a stronger, safer, and more equitable energy future.
Thank you, Chairman Williams, and Chairman Obernolte, for holding this joint Subcommittee hearing today.
The goal of our oversight should always be to improve the research programs that we look at, not to tear them down.
Our constituents are counting on these investments, and we need to deliver for them.
I also support good faith congressional oversight of the implementation of these laws.
Laws like the CHIPS and Science Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act will strengthen the impact of DOE science programs many times over.
I call it a mental health and safer communities bill, because it is an extraordinary investment.
I call it a mental health and safer communities bill, because it is an extraordinary investment.
I call it a mental health and safer communities bill, because it is an extraordinary investment.
We have spent three-fourths of this meeting talking about increasing the stock of affordable housing, and you have just made a proposal that would increase the cost of that affordable home by 10 to 15 percent.
I think that our policies need to be instructed by real data and that our oversight should be instructed by outcomes.
Let us work on something that will give us the data that will allow you, maybe over time, to let that data be instructed by policy so you can make it better.
The legal advisors of the medical centers in the State of Texas should be honest, set their political agendas aside, and give good legal advice
We have spent three-fourths of this meeting talking about increasing the stock of affordable housing, and you have just made a proposal that would increase the cost of that affordable home by 10 to 15 percent.
Let us work on something that will give us the data that will allow you, maybe over time, to let that data be instructed by policy so you can make it better.