"We're still benefiting today from research investments made generations ago. And that begs the question: What investments are we making for our grandchildren, and their grandchildren?"
"I'm optimistic that we can work together in a bipartisan fashion to strengthen our research industry and invest in the future of our scientific development."
"I am hopeful that we can work together to once again introduce and pass grid security legislation this session, preferably this year."
"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."
"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."
"I worry that the cost of making immediate and drastic changes to our energy portfolio are being ignored by some of my friends."
"Fossil fuels are not the enemy. They are the most reliable form of energy in the U.S."
"If we want to make real progress addressing climate change, we need to move forward with these bipartisan priorities."
"Together we were able to pass the first update to federal energy policy in over a decade last Congress."
"Chairwoman Waters was quite correct to aggressively push the committee in the direction of addressing those issues."
"In the $4 trillion in COVID spending that Congress has already passed, not one cent has gone to research itself."
"I'm a proud cosponsor of the RISE Act, which would invest $25 billion in restarting American research."