Frank Lucas

In both the House Agriculture Committee and the Science Committee, we've held hearings on biotechnology research and regulation for years. But I can't remember a more exciting or challenging time for the field than today.

I look forward to working with Chairwoman Johnson to advance legislation that will promote a national research strategy around engineering biology to ensure the U.S. remains the global leader in biotechnology.

Quite simply, all of the issues raised from NIST were ignored. The opportunity to have a hearing on this subject matter in the committee was ignored. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote against the rule and the underlying bill. We…

That is why this Congress I joined my colleague, Chairwoman Johnson, in introducing H.R. 34, the Energy and Water Research Integration Act.

I look forward to hearing from our distinguished panel of witnesses about how we can work together to meet this challenge.

These are real, tangible ways that science and technology have made our lives better.

We need to break down the barrier between the ivory tower of academia, the hallways of Silicon Valley, and the Main Street of Cheyenne, Oklahoma.

As the Ranking Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, I'm committed to working with Chairwoman Johnson and the appropriators to continue to meet this challenge.

I'm a proud graduate of one of those land grant institutions.

Article 1 of the Constitution gave Congress the power to promote the progress of science.

Science and technology are central to America's national defense and economic security.

I have no additional speakers. I note that I think the gentleman from Florida, Dr. Dunn, very eloquently summed it up just moments ago. Veterans deserve every opportunity to transition back and to utilize those skills. Mr. Speaker, I yield…

I thank the gentleman from Illinois for his dedicated and diligent work over this decade on this subject matter. I think we will all be better off for it. I know those folks who utilize the program and will have greater opportunities to…

From the back door of my house on the farm in western Oklahoma I can see windmills, electric windmills from one horizon to the other.

I believe the Federal Government has a responsibility to prioritize research so that we can better understand the complex relationship between climate and weather and increase preparedness in our communities.

Mr. Lucas. There is not enough time left in this session of Congress to address these issues.

That says something about the store value that our paper currency represents.

Everybody on the planet wants it under their pillow, if they want a nest egg.

We can't go put a pair of glasses on it the way we did Hubble. We can't go make adjustments. It has to fly correctly.

Your legacy, I suspect, will be determined by how well you, working with all of the wonderful people at NASA and other contractors, deliver on finishing James Webb.

I have heard my constituents, in the wake of S2155, say that they are confused about legislative intent when it comes to stress testing.

I always remind folks that coming from a capital-starved region, the oil and gas industry, agriculture, Main Street in rural Oklahoma, capital is always a challenge for us.

I promised your constituents I will provide the most intense oversight of your life for the rest of your career in that role.

I would like to just reinforce comments made by my colleagues about the importance I think of ARPA-E.

I would like to be alive for this great accomplishment.