Frank Lucas

But our leadership in science and technology is under threat.

But our research in science and technology is under threat.

Historically, the United States has been the world's largest investor in research and development.

Our investment in basic and early stage Federal research gives us lower food prices, better healthcare treatments, cleaner and cheaper energy, and widespread access to reliable broadband internet.

I believe this is one of the most essential concerns facing our Committee, because our commitment to America's scientific progress is what underpins every other issue that comes before us.

There is no better time to hear about the ongoing efforts by industry, federal agencies, and the Department of Energy national laboratories to learn from these events and adapt for the future.

Providing DOE researchers and industry with the tools they need to ensure the long-term security and resilience of our electric grid should be something we can all agree on.

I am hopeful that we can work together to once again introduce and pass grid security legislation this session, preferably this year.

Together we were able to pass the first update to federal energy policy in over a decade last Congress.

If we want to make real progress addressing climate change, we need to move forward with these bipartisan priorities.

Fossil fuels are not the enemy. They are the most reliable form of energy in the U.S.

I worry that the cost of making immediate and drastic changes to our energy portfolio are being ignored by some of my friends.

Chairwoman Waters was quite correct to aggressively push the committee in the direction of addressing those issues.

The longer our research remains stalled, the more likely it is that we'll fall behind our foreign adversaries.

As research funding dries up, those jobs are threatened.

I believe that today's topic--restarting American research--is one of the most important issues we face at this moment.

I'm a proud cosponsor of the RISE Act, which would invest $25 billion in restarting American research.

In the $4 trillion in COVID spending that Congress has already passed, not one cent has gone to research itself.

Thank you for holding today's hearing, Chairwoman Sherrill.

I would note to my colleague that I have no additional speakers, and I am prepared to close whenever she has concluded with her speakers.

I thank Chairwoman Johnson, Chairwoman Sherrill, and Representative Anthony Gonzalez for working together in a bipartisan manner to produce measured legislation that will help secure and modernize America's voting systems. I encourage my…

I am prepared to close, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I, again, would like to thank the sponsors of this legislation for their hard work on this important topic. I encourage all my colleagues to support this…

I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in focusing our limited legislative days on these bipartisan programs.

Thank you, Chairwoman Fletcher, for hosting this hearing, and thank you for all our witnesses for being with us this afternoon.

U.S. research relief funding to maintain the continuality of research across disciplines, to maintain the flow of talent from within and to the U.S.