We must take advantage of all the tools at our disposal.

I appreciate Mr. Golden's comments about the value of having foreign nationals come to study here in the United States.

I am very hopeful that we could move forward with a bipartisan plan here in this committee.

I hope to see that funding come.

I think that there is a cultural problem in general with those who are higher up sometimes being abusive.

We cannot afford to lose another brilliant scientist because she did not feel safe in her lab, but even more important, no one should stand by idly while we have an opportunity to prevent harassment in any context.

It is critical for this Committee and this Congress to find new and better ways to address sexual harassment and misconduct in the sciences.

We must do all we can to fight the scourge of harassment, sexual or otherwise.

The stories we've been hearing about widespread sexual harassment occurring across different workplaces, industries, and seemingly in every corner of our society are sickening.

We need to close the STEM skills gap in the near term, but I think it is just as important to create an agile STEM workforce that can respond to changing needs over the long term.

This is not the time to be complacent about our standing as a global economic leader.