Amerish Bera actually said...

"The future of our nation depends on our commitment to scientific research and innovation."

"we really believe and I'm a strong believer in the wisdom of having a process like the National Academies' insights really driving us"

"With James Webb, am I understanding this correctly, we'll look sometimes backwards in time and look at star formation and, you know, trace the evolution of these galaxies from birth to death and learn..."

"the urgency of addressing this issue and, you know, looking for ways to mitigate the disease but also ultimately looking at ways to reverse and cure disease are, obviously, our ultimate goals."