Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Lofgren for her very kind and generous words. I can only hope that my constituents in Michigan hear the praise from the ranking member from the great State of California for the work that we do together on the Science Committee. Certainly, it is a sincere privilege to be also joined on the floor today with our chairman, Mr. Lucas, as he reminded us with the TRANQ legislation that Ms. Caraveo and Mr. Williams will be the first Members of the freshman class to get a bill signed into law for this term in Congress. It wasn't all too long ago when Dr. Baird and myself shared that same distinction for the Building Blocks of STEM Act, the bill that we passed through the Science Committee, through the House floor, and alongside our colleagues in the Senate, getting it signed into law on December 24th, 2019. Suffice it to say, Dr. Baird and I were not at the White House for the signing of the Building Blocks of STEM Act. Today, Dr. Baird and I are pleased to offer the DOE and NSF Research Interagency Act to the House floor, a bill that has already passed through the Science Committee. The Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation represent some of our Nation's most cutting-edge research activities, as has been shared by our committee leadership, supporting the innovation that we require to solve our most pressing issues and remain competitive on the world stage.…”