STEVE KNIGHT: “We need to improve our STEM education pipeline from ensuring STEM classes are available to students at a young age.”

I firmly believe that the country is risk aversive, and I think that has stifled us in many of the things that we have tried to do.

Basic research supported with taxpayer dollars through the National Science Foundation, NASA, NIH, DOD, and other Federal agencies underpins the key scientific discoveries that have created today's world.

If basic research produces the scientific feedstock for innovation, risk-taking small businesses are the catalyst for converting knowledge into new products and services.

I would like to thank Mr. Connolly for his help and his partnership in the SECRET Act. Today, I rise in support of this straightforward bipartisan legislation, the SECRET Act, or Securely Expediting Clearances Through Reporting…