By facilitating NIST's development of tools to address performance and reliability concerns of artificial intelligence, NIST will develop--will accelerate I should say the implementation of AI systems and give U.S. industries a competitive…

NIST works to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards and technology.

I want to thank this bill's sponsors, Representative Randy Hultgren and Representative Ed Perlmutter, for their efforts on this initiative.

I first thank the gentleman from Texas, Chairman Smith, for his continued leadership on the Science Committee. H.R. 353, the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017, prioritizes improving weather forecasting for the…

If the EPA undermines the Board's independence or prevents it from providing candid advice to Congress, then the SAB serves no value to the EPA.

this bill does not change the fact that the EPA still chooses the members of the Board

H.R. 1431, the Science Advisory Board Reform Act, ensures that the most qualified and capable scientists are free to undertake a balanced and open review of regulatory science.

This legislation recognizes the important role science should play to inform policy debates.

The Board should be free to function as intended to ensure that sound science is driving policy decisions.

the public's right to know. Let's be honest, it is important that that the public have access to this information

It is worth noting that before there were ever farmers and ranchers on the plains, before Coronado ever came up from the south, or Lewis and Clark crossed through the north, and even before our Native American friends first appeared in…

I take very seriously my role as your Vice Chairman on this Committee, and before I had the responsibilities and the honor of being Vice Chairman of the Science Committee, I chaired another committee in this House body, and on one occasion…

An important piece underpinning much of the innovation in agriculture... is the development of imaging and mapping technology.

Thank you all for being here this morning for this hearing exploring big data and agriculture: innovation in the air.

Production agriculture from 100 years ago is markedly different than it is today.

I would suggest that this seems to point us in a direction that perhaps, Mr. Chairman, ultimately, we need to provide greater guidance and clarification in the law.

Some of those things we cannot help. Mother Nature is Mother Nature, the weather is the weather.

If it is not utilized, it is going to wind up in the Atlantic or the Pacific, correct?

I represent, of course, a district that has a huge amount state border with the great State of Kansas.

the 1980s and the 1930s, were bad Federal policy almost destroyed entire generations of farmers.

Not many months ago, at this very table, in one of the very chairs you are sitting in, we had the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to visit with us, who stood and attempted to defend the Waters of the U.S. rule.

The President submitted his final annual budget proposal to Congress this week. It was my hope that the President would have used this opportunity to progress an agenda that reflects our Nation's needs. Unfortunately, it seems to be…

I thank Chairman Chabot for the opportunity to visit this day about our friend and old colleague. Mr. Speaker, I came to this body in May of 1994 in a special election; and I can't remember whether it was that day or the next day or the…

I thank Chairman Smith for the time. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 3293, Scientific Research in the National Interest Act. The NSF invests about $6 billion of public funds each year on research projects and related…

In just two years, the United States will have the ability to return to the Moon with the Space Launch System and Orion for the first time in 40 years.