Summer Lee

Our Federal Government needs expert scientists committed to following data and evidence to serving the American people.

I am just sort of perplexed as to why, for a second year in a row, the USGS is proposing to cut the funding for OpenET by more than 85 percent.

There are additional areas of concern that the committee should remain focused on ensuring that AI's development and deployment for civilian agency use is safe, secure, and protects civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy.

Trump's plan to remove worker protections will put in jeopardy the careers of tens of thousands of scientists, engineers, contracting officials, weather experts, disaster recovery experts, and all the others who help communities recover…

I can't stress, living in Nevada in the drought that we are experiencing, just how important this tool is for water management.

I led the effort to increase funding within the USGS for the OpenET program from $1.5 million to $3.5 million in Fiscal Year 2023.

Schedule F may seem obscure or abstract, but I assure you it is a critical step in his mission to put our government up for sale.

Thank you for holding today's hearing on 'Advancing Innovation (AI): Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Defend and Secure the Homeland.'

The purpose of this hearing is to explore how the responsible use of AI can support the homeland security mission of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Crime rates after rising sharply during the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, violent crime in the United States has plummeted to a near-record low under President Joe Biden.

Unfortunately, Republicans talk about supporting law enforcement but have sought to defund law enforcement and undermine public trust in police.

Thank you on behalf of the Native American tribes in Nevada for your leadership in designating Avi Kwa Ame as the nation's latest national monument.

I am glad to see that the President's proposed budget will invest in the Department's new SECTOR program.

We really need a national strategy.

I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 4824, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Unfortunately, my district is not unique in experiencing the dual challenges of a struggling downtown market alongside an affordable housing crisis.

Good morning, Mr. Chair. It is a pleasure to be with you this morning. This is more than a unique moment in history.

I think that is what we all want to see and hear.

I support the freedom of speech, the freedom of the right to associate.

That case is a good example of over criminalization leading to selective or what appears to be entirely politically motivated prosecution

We have both responsibility to keep this Nation safe and the responsibility to ensure that laws have common sense.

I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 4877, and I yield back the balance of my time.

One in three families are going into debt over the cost of a simple phone call in 2024.

We want to do good in public service, not do bad and do ill.

Which leads to why am I being slapped more than once on the incarceration for a very low-level crime, if you will.