I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of an amendment I offered along with Mrs. Comstock. It seeks to expand the SkillBridge job training program by directing unit commanders to encourage participation by departing…

The NSF is central to our nation's leadership in science and technology, and I think it's important that more people understand the critical role that NSF plays.

I only have a few minutes this afternoon. No matter how busy things get, there has to be time to come here to stand up for basic human rights. I thank Congressman Fortenberry and, also, Congresswoman Eshoo for organizing today's Special…

I want to start where we all have agreement. I think everyone would acknowledge that they want research funded by the NSF to be in the Nation's interest. We agree the Nation's interest is furthered by promoting scientific progress. That is…

This is National Catholic Schools Week. I want to recognize the outstanding contributions that Catholic schools make to our Nation. As a proud graduate of St. Symphorosa Grammar School and St. Ignatius College Prep, and as a strong…

We need to make sure that both in the public and private sector that people are held responsible for the hacks that do occur.

I thank Representative Smith for all of his work and leadership on the issues of life and protecting people at all stages of life. As the Democratic co-chair of the Pro-Life Caucus, I stand here as a Democrat who believes that we need to…

It's important that we continue to hear from experts in government and the private sector about the latest developments with respect to both the risks that confront security in cyberspace.

One of the reasons I chose to be on the Science Committee, and on this subcommittee in particular, is that we have the opportunity to learn firsthand about new and emerging research fields and technologies that will transform society and…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. I want to thank Mr. Ribble for his work on this amendment and other important transportation issues. I think Mr. Ribble and Ranking Member DeFazio have explained this very well. In recognition of…

I would like to thank both the ranking member for yielding and for his support, and the chairman for his support, for two amendments that I have in this bloc. One is a commonsense amendment exempting a narrow class of welders from the…

I thank the ranking member for yielding, and I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Barletta) for all his work on this amendment. I rise in support of this amendment and ask my colleagues to support it. Madam Chair, this amendment is…

I thank the ranking member for his support of this amendment. I thank Chairwoman Comstock and Chairman Smith for working with me and working together on this amendment. The piece of the amendment that I want to address is the language…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend the public service commitment and dedication of Speaker John Boehner. The Speaker has much to be proud of, and we all should be thankful for his service to his…

It's been too long since the original High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 has been updated with the current state of science and technology in the field.

I fear we may be under-investing in many critical areas such as cybersecurity.

Thank you, Mr. Tonko. I will just take a short time here to add my voice in strong support of reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank. It has been 3 months since the Bank's charter ended, and American companies and workers are suffering. Mr…

While I hope that all of my colleagues join me in supporting the scientific goals of the NEON project and are interested in seeing it put on a better path going forward, I know we share the goal of being good stewards of taxpayer money.

We have a constitutional obligation and responsibility to ensure every dollar intended for scientific research is spent as effectively and efficiently as possible.

I don't believe anyone is interested in delaying NEON construction by another year.

The Iran nuclear agreement should be judged on what is best for our national security and what is more likely to produce peace. I believe that peace has a better chance if we reject this deal, keep sanctions on, and go back to the…

Americans are appalled by the murder of Kate Steinle by a man who had been deported five times and was wanted by ICE but was let free. In Chicago, Denny McCain was killed by a drunk driver who had a prior felony and who was in our country…

A strong nuclear agreement that truly forestalls Iran's weapons breakout ability could be positive for regional and national security. However, I fear too many concessions are being made to secure a deal, and a bad deal will be worse than…

Cybercrime and cyber-espionage continues to threaten our national security.

It's not acceptable for these data breaches to occur at OPM, anywhere else in the government, or in the private sector.