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...

I urge you to keep the fire lit.

I think my time is expired, so I will yield back.

I believe we should be encouraging these young scientists to remain in the United States and join the American scientific and cybersecurity workforces.

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…

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…

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.