David Price: “We have paralysis moving this funding through the Northern Triangle because people don't know what the president wants.”

I absolutely agree. And we will hope to prove that in the weeks ahead.

I certainly pledge to work with my friends across the aisle to rebuild a bipartisan coalition of support for basic science and research.

Believe me, this is long overdue. This was one of the more visionary aspects of the Obama recovery plan--$8 billion, in that instance, applied to passenger rail development.

I fear this work may be short-changed by the hyperfocus on the new ARPA-H.