Bill Foster

We have an interesting situation in just STEM generally that young women are outperforming young men...

I have seen firsthand the impact of NICERC, and what NICERC does, it trains the teachers...

Due to a personal emergency, I was not present for votes Wednesday, February 5 and Thursday, February 6, 2020. Had I been present, I would have voted: Rollcall No. 35 yea, rollcall No. 36 yea, rollcall No. 37 yea, rollcall No. 38 yea…

I look forward to hearing from Assistant Secretary Daniel Simmons on the programs within EERE that are doing just that.

We should be doing everything we can to ensure that EERE has the staff it needs to administer and oversee federally funded research as effectively and efficiently as possible.

I applaud the Administration's decision to look take a dynamic look at where funding is most needed and will yield the highest gains.

Unfortunately, the budget proposed by the Trump Administration this past year sought to reduce EERE's R&D funding by more than 80%.

I'm proud to say that the bipartisan appropriations agreement signed into law in December provided robust funding for EERE in spite of that.

Let me be clear that this hearing is not about taking shots at people. I have tremendous respect particularly for the career staff who've--you know, many of them have spent a good hunk of their careers making sure that we have a strong…

I'm concerned about the chilling effect this could have on scientific research, as well as the potential harm to the United States' position as a global leader in a clean energy future.

If potential grantees do not think EERE is a reliable partner or doubt that the application process is fair, they are much less likely to engage with DOE in the future, and that would be a loss to the United States.

One of the simple principles that you might consider adding to these is to reward the number of people helped.

Things should be as simple as possible, but not simpler.

I understand that you wanted to bring clarity and simplification to CRA evaluations, and I appreciate that.

I want to thank the witnesses, though I have to say the most exciting thing that I heard was a statement from my colleague, the Ranking Member Mr. Lucas, that he was strongly in favor of doubling the Federal R&D budget.

My advice would be, let's focus on the prize, and the prize is American competitiveness competing against China in the technology areas that I've identified.

I'm one of the sponsors of the Stronger Patents Act of 2019, that's an effort to move the needle back in terms of increasing the power of patent holders over the system integrators.

I can tell you, at least from my opinion, you made the right decision technically, and for the physics.

First off, I'd like to congratulate you on the siting decision on the EIC at Brookhaven.

Well, thank you, Chairwoman Fletcher, Ranking Member Weber, and Dr. Fall for joining us today.

I strongly identify with that goal and believe that our goals of equality in the financial services as well as other objectives are best pursued by ensuring that our free market systems are efficient.

The Community Reinvestment Act is heralded as one of the foundational civil rights acts of the last century.

So now we are left with just a geographical definition, rather than the purpose of the loan?

I know. I was sort of surprised to learn that apparently, maybe even today, loans for stadiums and sports arenas' jumbotrons qualify for CRA credit.

Yes, back in roughly 2010 China cut back the rare-earths for magnet purposes to Japan as some--I can't remember what they were fighting about, but it was----