I would want to encourage you to think about the building envelope better reflecting what you do.

this budget request is simply sprinting toward failure.

I don't think we should cut any having to do with workforce development, so we might try to fix this.

I also wanted to say in terms of methane digesters, many of our large animal facilities can't find a methane digester that doesn't break down.

These cuts are divorced from reality.

I would urge you to consider somehow with--you are scientists. You are not necessarily communicators.

Cuts of this magnitude will endanger America's leadership in technological innovation, economic progress, and, I believe, national security.

There is nothing like seeing and believing.

While sustaining the nuclear deterrent is a national priority, it must be done in a cost-effective, responsible manner.

What are the results of the latest air quality tests, including the results from any independent tests conducted?

This budget request also returns to the Trump administration's seeming obsession with funding only early-stage research and development.

I hope that your inquiry leads you there.

The Trump budget also falls short in meeting our obligations to the communities that have sacrificed, and still bear the brunt of environmental costs born from winning World War II.

I have also always believed that it is less costly to spend money on nonproliferation to prevent the spread of materials and preventing other countries from securing them.

I care about poor cities. I spent my life trying to rebuild places in poor cities that need new value.

Your budget proposes deep and arbitrary cuts that threaten progress on addressing one of our most pressing challenges and that is climate change.

I also wanted to ask you that your budget request cuts research for carbon capture, utilization, and storage by nearly $100 million.

I really think a blending of your knowledge on material science, energy science, water science, and the Department of Agriculture's abilities in production agriculture could be most interesting.

I do believe our role is to make sure we have rigorous oversight, as obviously we are spending the taxpayers' dollars properly.

Will you commit to ensure expedited review of these proposals?

There is not a sheriff that I meet with... and they say at the top of the list is mental illness.

Thank you for that clarification.

Thank you very much.

Without these critical Federal investments we won't be able to move early-stage R&D forward and really continue to launch companies to the stage that private investors will pick up the work.

Worst of all, President Trump reneged on his word.