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.

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

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

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 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…

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 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.

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 thank our ranking member and our chairman. When you consider what it takes to pass a farm bill, when you consider how difficult the challenges are, think of the last three in total, Chairman Peterson had to overcome two Presidential…

My colleagues, it is a tremendous pleasure today to introduce our newest colleague from Tulsa, Oklahoma, the great First District of Oklahoma. Having been a special election baby myself a long time ago, the pressure, the significance of…

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

It has been 10 long years since I was a conferee on Dodd-Frank. Since then, I have seen credit markets in my district and across the country dry up, thanks to the increased regulations. That is why I am so happy to be speaking on a bill…

I want to thank the gentleman from Washington State for the opportunity to yield to me to discuss this important issue. Mr. Chair, this amendment, some in the room might think perhaps will target the Market Access Program, but, in fact, it…

Why do we invest in agriculture? Because the ability to eat, to feed ourselves is one of the most fundamentally important things that goes on in an economy. We make those investments so that we will always have a sufficient supply of the…

How much time does the gentleman have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.