This is the level of ambition we really needed from the Administration, and you delivered.

I do not believe that DOE should be relying almost exclusively on venture capital to help identify the next game-changing approach in this truly transformative field.

The BioPreferred Program, it is intended to increase market demand for biobased products that are made from corn, soy, hemp, all those different agricultural feedstocks.

Fusion energy would be a real game changer for humanity.

The material used as fuel is practically infinitely abundant, it is safe, and it is clean.

Congress has authorized sweeping federal policy for fusion energy research and development.

I will continue to advocate for robust funding for fusion energy and for the many other clean energy solutions.

Congress, through the acts of this Committee, has authorized sweeping Federal policy for fusion energy research and development in the handful of historic climate and energy bills passed into law over the past few years.

Fusion energy is a topic that I personally have loved delving into since joining the Science Committee, and I know that many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle share my enthusiasm.

Effective partnerships between schools... local businesses... are key to creating successful pathways to good paying jobs.

It is clear from your long, outstanding record of your work... that you are extremely committed to our country.

Using this process to negotiate legislation in spending, which never has happened before, is unprecedented and unacceptable.

Members of the Republican Party have gone so far as to excuse or condone the violence at the Capitol on January 6th.

The wealthy are not contributing their fair share, and large corporations are not contributing their fair share, whereas at the same time we are talking about budget cuts.

We are not having honest, holistic, comprehensive conversations, and it seems the party, the Republican Party is going through a sort of cognitive dissonance.

The loss of American lives is simply not comparable.

While Republicans continue to speak about these budget cuts, they do not also speak about increased spending to invest more in our children and our families.

I strongly urge any of my Republican colleagues here to join us in opposing white supremacy. It shouldn't be hard to do so.

I thank Chairman Williams and Chairman Obernolte for convening this hearing, on a subject that is of crucial importance for the future of our country and planet.

The Speaker holding the debt ceiling hostage to cut SNAP benefits and enrollment will lead to more inflation and greater hunger.

Suspending the Right of Way Permit and rejecting future filings by ConocoPhillips for an APD permit or other action toward development in the NPR-A until DOI completes a comprehensive assessment of the implications of future oil from the…

We have got to talk about no-knock warrants, choke holds, and many other issues related to public safety and, again, have honest, very public conversations.

Democrats are killing the game right now.

If you have a committee, if it goes through the process of markup in the committee, it becomes a public conversation. And it becomes a process of truth and potential reconciliation with regard to policing, public safety and accountability…

The fearmongering by Republicans is very effective. And they have a national coordinated campaign of fear that continues to tell all of Americans that Democrats want to defund the police.