The federal government is uniquely positioned to fund world-class research, especially high-risk, high-reward research that leads to transformative discoveries and innovations that drive our economy forward.

I believe it's also important that Congress does not make the mistake of changing the funding priorities of the scientists at the NSF.

I think it really undermines our Open Skies agreement in regard to maintaining labor standards.

Today I rise in support of National Catholic Schools Week and to recognize the outstanding contributions that Catholic schools have made and continue to make to our Nation. As a proud graduate of St. Symphorosa Grammar School and St…

It's going to be through strategic decisions like these that we will become the world's economic, scientific, and technical leader.

I'm an ardent supporter of STEM education with two degrees I have in engineering.

I support the amendment, and I thank the Chairman for working in a bipartisan way on this bill.

I hope we can continue to work to perfect this as the bill moves ahead.

This bill grants a limited exemption to the Federal pay scale to ensure that NIST will have access to the right people.

I fully support I-Corps and continue to be amazed by its success, but as with any taxpayer-funded program, I also support independent auditing to help us learn how to improve the program.

This bill recognizes the rocket propulsion work of the Marshall Space Flight Center.

I've been the leading advocate--putting it mildly--for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps or I-Corps program since its inception.

The I-Corps program offers valuable entrepreneurial education primarily to scientists and engineers who are college research faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows.

I would like to have seen an increase in funding for this program which this bill does not provide, but this bill is a step in the right direction.

This amendment was formerly introduced as the Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency, or TRANSFER Act.

This amendment would build on the SBIR/STTR program by requiring that funds be directed for a proof of concept partnership pilot program.

I'm happy to serve as the lead Democratic cosponsor of this small but very important research bill.

This bill aims to expand participation in I-Corps without a significant increase in funding.

Cybersecurity is a real and growing challenge for our government, businesses and individuals.

this really helps to put NIST in a good position to carry out its work through the end of Fiscal Year 2019.

Thank you, Chairman Smith, for holding today's bipartisan markup.

The U.S. commercial space launch industry is really in a resurgence right now.

Many scientists and engineers are struggling to acquire the necessary skills, and as a result, too many early stage companies are failing.

It lets small businesses use their funds where they know they're needed the most.

These limitations stand in the way of scientists and engineers collaborating with businesses or investors to take their ideas to the next level.