Zoe Lofgren

I plan to continue to press to address this critical gap.

The need to significantly improve support for our U.S. fusion research enterprise is actually one of the major reasons that I first ran for Congress in 1994.

I'm excited about the breakthroughs that we have seen in the last two years, including the achievement of ignition at the National Ignition Facility

There is still a lot more work to do.

the need to significantly improve support for U.S. fusion research is actually one of the reasons why I ran for Congress in 1994

now is the time to move aggressively toward the deployment of fusion energy, or to put it another way, if not now, when?

I am excited about the real breakthroughs we've seen in fusion over the last 2 years alone, including the monumental achievement of ignition at the National Ignition Facility in December.

Thank you, Chairman Lucas, for holding today's hearing.

the nascent U.S. quantum industry does face significant hurdles to continuing its growth

we've not yet had a major focus on quantum education and workforce development

One of the joys of serving on the Science Committee is that we are the committee of the future.

we also need to invest in human, physical--and physical infrastructure that's going to allow us to move quantum technologies from the lab to the marketplace

I was an original cosponsor of the Act in the 115th Congress.

the first 5 years of this initiative have been a big success

By all accounts, the first five years of this initiative have been a resounding success.

one of the joys of serving on the Science Committee is that we truly are the Committee of the future

The flood control infrastructure was really aimed toward normal weather and not toward extremes.

Of particular interest to my district- and especially the rural parts of my district- is the subseasonal to seasonal forecasting that enables communities, water resource managers, and farmers to plan ahead.

Now, where agriculture is particularly important in my district, there isn't a sector of our economy that doesn't use the National Weather Service's data and data products.

Having the S2S forecasts I think would assist us, the longer range in terms of first having more permanent infrastructure.

We have to take aggressive steps to ameliorate climate change, but we also need to take steps to adapt to it.

I now have a district that's half Silicon Valley and half agriculture.

Even as climate change is accelerating beyond predictions of just a few years ago, we still have a long way to go to build a robust national climate service.

The Speaker has sent Congress home with default looming. Only Congress can raise the debt ceiling; and if we don't, we fail. However, the Republicans are trying to get their radical cuts, holding our economy hostage. These are cuts they…

I was glad that Mr. Altman in his testimony indicated that creators should be compensated and do have rights.