if we don't take steps now, if we don't take steps today to halt what is causing climate change, the repercussions for humans and the environment will be catastrophic

I just want to start by asking our witnesses just a yes or no, and I will go down the line...

These regulations from the EPA are for future plants, not for existing plants.

I want to make sure that we are focusing on removing the most serious and violent offenders, and not necessarily breaking up families.

I want to express to you, administrator, how sorry, deeply sorry I am about the shooting at LAX.

I think we need to all just take a step back in our comments about the TSA and just attacks in general on the Federal workforce.

Can you assure our committee that employees who come forward and report any wrongdoing or the suspicion of wrongdoing in the behavior detection program, whether it is profiling or otherwise, that they would be protected against retaliation?

The research community often cites sustained growth and predictable funding as being among their top priorities.

Thank you, Chairman Lummis. Thank you for holding this hearing. I look forward to hearing from our distinguished panel of witnesses.

I hope that we can work around this, increase the budget and give the Office of Science the research and funding that it deserves.

I have concerns about the draft's funding profile. It supports budget levels that are below research inflation rates so they are effectively cuts.