It's alarming that so many American students perform poorly in science and math.

I believe we need to work together, and we showed here today we are Democrat and Republican, we are not fighting, we are working together.

the government has cut back on all R&D spending.

I think that we have less than 10 engineers in Congress, and we could use a lot more.

I thank the witnesses for being here today. I thank Bob Jones High School for hosting us and everyone who has come here to hear about this critical issue for our country.

The lack of a strong K-12 foundation in STEM disciplines is a major factor in the high attrition rates in STEM subjects.

how we prioritize, fund, manage and oversee major research facilities, and also how we balance facility funding with research grant funding, are all important subjects for oversight by our subcommittee.

the policy topic today that is of particular interest to me is recompetition of management contracts.

how we prioritize, fund, manage, and oversee major research facilities, and also how we balance facility funding with research grant funding, are all important subjects for oversight by our subcommittee.

I appreciate the effort by the chairman to educate Subcommittee members on where things stand so that we will be better equipped to anticipate and mitigate any problems in the future.

America needs a comprehensive plan for supporting manufacturing.