Dan Lipinski

While exploring options to strengthen management of the program and to implement cost controls, we should not even unintentionally take steps that compromise the benefits this program provides to the agency and to scientific progress.

However, as we pursue our oversight responsibilities, we should not lose sight of the tremendous value that the Rotator Program brings to NSF and to the scientific community.

I have been in favor, I have tried, I have worked on getting more Federal funding, especially for commuter rail.

Last night, I wore my number 35 Tony Esposito Chicago Blackhawks jersey from the 1970s, and I watched what I could never have imagined in those days, a Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup dynasty; but thanks to the leadership of owner, Rocky…

Battery technology in so many ways we know is critical for a real clean, affordable energy future, and certainly, as Mr. Rohrabacher said, it is a--what's being done at JCESR is certainly what we need to be reaching for.

As the last Ph.D. scientist in Congress, I am afraid I've served a sort of a lightning rod for many of these warnings and I take them very seriously.

I believe that research and development are critical to meeting the future transportation demands of our Nation.

We have to find ways to move people and freight more efficiently and more safely.

But the answer will not simply be building more and bigger, because it is not clear that we will have the funding, the popular support, or the land to do that.

With the U.S. population predicted to increase by nearly 30 percent by 2050, we have to find ways to move people and freight more efficiently and more safely.

When it works, everyone's happy, but when it doesn't, the results can range from annoying to catastrophic.

To close here. I want to thank Mr. Hultgren again. He represents Fermilab. I represent part of Argonne National Laboratory. It is good to work with him on this legislation and others to advance science in the United States. Even though…

May I inquire, does the gentleman from Texas have any more speakers on this bill?

I do agree with Mr. Rohrabacher, except for I do believe in global climate change.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 48, line 14, after ``procedures'' insert ``for passengers, including passengers using or transporting…

If we do not fully fund this agency, we may be compromising its ability to remain the world's leader in measurement science and standards development.

NSF is requesting a 5.2 percent increase in its budget for Fiscal Year 2016, which I believe is fully justified and I am going to strongly support.

$7 billion sounds like a lot of money and of course it is. However, given the breadth and depth of our nation's scientific talent and their capacity to transform the world through scientific and technological breakthroughs, $7 billion…

We must hold the government to the highest standards for privacy and security.

I am troubled by some of the things we know and some of the things we don't know about privacy and security on HealthCare.gov.

But to get the big projects done, you are going to need big chunks of money.

I don't want in any way my statements or questions to suggest that everything is wonderful with HealthCare.gov or especially the D.C. website, which was completely atrocious once again for the second year in a row.

I think that points out the importance of social science research that is done to help us better understand and to teach people how to, you know, avoid stepping into these--a lot of these cyber problems and being victims of cyber crimes.

Cybercrime threatens our privacy, our pocketbooks, our safety, our economy, and our national security.

With S&T's reauthorization, the committee has an opportunity to help launch a 21st Century research and development (R&D) organization that will serve as a model for Federal R&D.