As one of only a handful of engineers in Congress, I'm proud to once again sponsor a resolution honoring our Nation's engineers during National Engineers Week. Next week will mark the 61st annual Engineers Week and the 8th year I have…

As a proud graduate of St. Symphorosa Grammar School and St. Ignatius College Prep, and as a strong supporter of Catholic education, I have again this year introduced a resolution in honor of Catholic Schools Week to highlight the…

I think the benefits for STEM education as one of the co-chairs of the STEM Ed Caucus, I think it is very important that we continue to do this work with the Webb Telescope.

In a world where nearly everything we do is built on math, science, and technology, these numbers should concern us for America's future.

Today, only one-third of the undergraduate degrees earned by American students are in a STEM field.

I find that today's students are equally inspired and energized by the scientific and technological challenges we face in energy and the environment.

Students with these skill sets are not only needed to change our world with the next vaccine, energy source, or communications system, but also to help drive a thriving American economy.

I firmly believe that along with education, the most important issue that our Committee can consider is how to turn our advantages in research and development into jobs and new businesses.

I am currently developing legislation to improve the Bayh-Dole Act. One of my goals is to make sure whenever possible that taxpayer-funded R&D turns into American-made products and American jobs.

Ultimately I believe that trying to artificially incentivize domestic production will be of greater long-term detriment than benefit.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Protect Life Act, a bill which will apply the decades-old Hyde amendment policy prohibiting taxpayer funding of…

I hope to hear from our witnesses about what we can do better to give students from all backgrounds access to a high-quality education.

I think the Common Core State Standards are going to help us ground our work in schools by saying that we are all focusing on the same thing.

In a global economy where nearly everything we do is based on math, science, and technology, these numbers are frightening.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I cannot imagine a worse time for this job-killing trade agreement with South Korea. Expanding a NAFTA-style trade agenda that has already destroyed 5…

I share his great concern about what is happening in America with STEM education and echo many of his concerns about what China is doing right now in threatening the United States and our economy.

Time and time again we hear about how poorly our students are doing on math and science tests.

NextGen is vital for the future of aviation in our Nation.

We must take action to provide a competitive and focused foundation for those who will continue to make it in America, and we can do so now by defeating the previous question and then passing the National Manufacturing Strategy Act. The…

I have watched with growing concern as some of our leading IT companies have outsourced increasing numbers of jobs.

Could you quantify the percentage of the pollutants in Illinois that actually come from other States?

Manufacturing in all its forms is critical for America's economic future and for our national defense.

I say robust job creation can and must come from manufacturing.

Americans need jobs. This fact was emphasized once again last Friday with the release of June's unemployment numbers.

If there is no qualified worker, there is no new job.