Jim Baird: “I want to thank the witnesses for being here. Your input is extremely important to us to try to make decisions.”

I thank Congresswoman Houlahan for her dedication to improving STEM education and for being a great partner to work with on advancing this bill. Mr. Speaker, the Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act provides a much-needed…

I would like today to congratulate an un-bee- lievable young speller from northwest Indiana. David Betourne recently won the Scripps Regional Spelling Bee of northwest Indiana after seven rounds and nearly 2 hours of intense competition…

When we talk about land for farmers and ranchers, we are really talking about that top eight inches of soil, which for some of you that may not recognize, that we consider that a living, breathing organism because of the organisms there…

I rise to congratulate Megan Johnson, a fourth grade teacher at Central Elementary School in Plainfield, Indiana, who was named the 2026 Indiana Teacher of the Year by the Indiana Department of Education. Megan Johnson has over 18 years of…