Manuel Lujan: “I would also be happy to share this with my colleague and my friend from Louisiana. The CBO score on this is zero. So I…”

“I would also be happy to share this with my colleague and my friend from Louisiana. The CBO score on this is zero. So I will make sure I hand this over to him, as well, to take a look. Mr. Speaker, at home in New Mexico, we are very proud of our national labs, three national labs, two at the Department of Energy. New Mexico has seen the value that the United States Department of Energy brings to the fight against COVID-19. Through our national labs, the Department has provided support to the National Institutes of Health and other government agencies, leveraged its scientific resources, but did a lot of work to improve the epidemiological models and much more. The Department of Energy has another important role to play by helping to restart America's innovation economy, creating jobs, and moving us toward economic recovery. My amendment with Representatives Wilson, Torres Small, and Casten, and based on the IMPACT for Energy Act, would help the Department achieve these goals by establishing the Department of Energy-affiliated nonprofit foundation to raise private-sector funds and leverage expertise that supports the research, development, and commercial application of technologies that address our Nation's energy challenges and combat climate change. This model works. The National Institutes of Health, CDC, and USDA foundations have already demonstrated that they can raise billions of private-sector dollars to support research and innovation.…”