I certainly won't claim that I am perfect and we were perfect in putting this together in 2010.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding and for her work on this legislation. I'd also like to thank Chairman Smith and Chairwoman Lummis for all their work on this bill. It's been nearly 4 years since we last reauthorized and updated the…

They are not looking necessarily for a college degree but with the basic skills needed to do some of these jobs in manufacturing.

I have heard from many manufacturers that they are having a difficult time finding workers who have basic STEM knowledge.

If the U.S. wants to remain the global leader in innovation and technology, we have to tackle these challenges with an 'all hands on deck' approach.

I can personally vouch for the importance of educating our students in the STEM fields at all levels.

STEM education and educating the next generation is probably one of the most important things that we can do as a Nation.

I'm very excited to see how much the private sector has stepped up on these issues in the last few years.

the thing that creates fatigue in all this discussion are all the excuses that we find for not engaging certain types of students in this work.

I go to manufacturers in my districts who are looking for workers, and they find that they are not looking necessarily for a college degree but with the basic skills needed to do some of these jobs in manufacturing.

This has serious consequences for individuals and for our Nation's economy.

We must continue to address this challenge, so I hope this first hearing on STEM education is one of many during this Congress.

According to the 2011 TIMSS study U.S. students in fourth grade rank behind students in ten other countries in science aptitude and 15 other countries in math.

One of the reasons I joined this Committee is because of my strong interest in working to improve STEM education.

The United States has for decades represented the world's gold standard for scientific integrity. But no one should mistake this observation as an argument for complacency.

The more data are open, the faster we will validate new theories and overturn old ones.

The movement toward open data is not primarily about scientific integrity; it is mostly about speeding up the process of scientific discovery and innovation.

The bigger challenge to the progress of science is not misconduct, but rather poor methodology and bad statistical analysis that take a long time to uncover.

The U.S. has for decades represented the world's gold standard for scientific integrity.

Cybercrime threatens our national security, our critical infrastructure, businesses of all sizes, and every single American.

In a Republican House, hopefully, this time we can get it all the way through because our country especially needs it as the threats grow every year.

I am hopeful that our R&D bill will be part of a comprehensive bipartisan cybersecurity bill.

I am also concerned that top-line cuts to our federal R&D budgets will have a negative impact on any long-term cybersecurity strategy.

It is vital that we translate as much federal research as possible to new products and new companies.

Today, it remains difficult to imagine just how much more we will simultaneously benefit from and be made more vulnerable by information technology.