Political Quotes

“tonight I rise with my Democratic colleagues, frankly, to call out the dangerous and draconian antiscience agendas of this current administration. Since day one, this administration has unleashed chaos on our national scientific enterprise, undermining our Nation's competitiveness, our health safety, and the dignity of research and how it is conducted. It is coming at a time that will, frankly, move our country in the wrong direction, and it will cost us. In just over 100 days, we have seen the firing and rehiring of experts, the illegal impounding of congressionally authorized and appropriated research funding, and the future of our STEM student pipeline jeopardized. Frankly, it has created a chilling effect across our scientific research enterprise. For the science enthusiasts watching at home, allow me to clarify that, yes, we support our national scientific research enterprise, our National Science Foundation, and our National Institute of Standards and Technology. In this country, we also have the National Institutes of Health. Some of us are old enough to remember when we passed a DARPA for health research, ARPA-H, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. While much of my remarks will be dedicated toward our hard-nosed scientific research funding, I do want to make mention of what it means to have our health sciences under attack right now as well because doctors and researchers, particularly in the medical fields, are feeling extraordinary pain.”