Mike Honda: “We need more basic research, which we used to cut, and cut, and cut.”

Last year dealt with sexual assault kit testing and today there are estimated over 400,000 untested rape kits still collecting dust in the evidence room of law enforcement crime labs across this country.

The National Science Foundation is a direct investment in the future, strength, and vitality of our nation.

It is truly inspiring. And from the hundreds and hundreds of planets around distant stars discovered by the Kepler telescope, to the discovery of flowing waters down a crater on Mars, to the discovery of the prevalence of liquid water on…

I want to thank my colleague, Mr. Foster, and on the other side, Congressman Huizenga of Michigan, for bringing this up. It is an issue that has been a long time in coming forward. I thank Mr. Heck of Nevada, also, for the gentleman's…