Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I rise in strong support of this bill, and I want to thank Chairman Gordon for his tremendous leadership on this issue. Passage of this bill will help produce a brighter future for our Nation and our Nation's workers or, put more simply, this bill means jobs. As a former college professor, an engineer, and a ceaseless advocate for American manufacturing, I want to focus on the National Science Foundation title, which comes from my bill, H.R. 4997. Besides keeping NSF on its doubling path, it significantly increases support for basic research, STEM education, graduate education, and technology transfer. That is turning research into jobs. In addition to our newly created NSF manufacturing and research program and a reauthorization of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, it includes a funding increase for MEP programs and a new innovative technology loan guarantee program. The COMPETES Act also includes provisions to address the serious deterioration in the state of our research infrastructure, both at universities and our national labs, which threatens America's competitiveness. In addition, the GENIUS Act is included, a bipartisan bill I introduced with Representative Wolf to allow the NSF to offer innovative inducement prizes. The COMPETES Reauthorization Act takes a proactive and bipartisan approach to securing America's position in a 21st century global economy and creating jobs, and I urge my colleagues to vote for this bill.”