There are more needs than money.

I think it is good that we have come to this point. It was unsustainable what we were doing.

H.R. 554 is a bipartisan bill which I and Ranking Member Hall jointly introduced along with 20 additional Democratic and Republican cosponsors. H.R. 554 is the same legislation that the House passed by an overwhelming majority of 407-6…

I also support this amendment, and I want to thank the gentleman from Iowa for his attention to the important issue of tornado research. Tornadoes and tornado-force winds present serious hazards to life and property in the United States…

first let me say very sincerely say that there is no Member of Congress that has had greater interest than Mr. Hall in NASA. As a Texan and a proud American, he has taken particular interest in the safety of the astronauts, as well as…

Let me just quickly add that our colleague and friend to both of us, Mr. Rohrabacher, has long been an advocate for the detection and monitoring of near-Earth objects. I don't know that anybody has done any more on that. I certainly…

once again I want to thank the majority and minority members of the Science and Technology Committee for working together on this collaborative good effort. To my friend, my passionate friend from Illinois, let me say, just as he knows…

Drilling permits are up by two times in the last 5 years. But the price of gas is up by two times in the last 5 years. More permits do not bring lower prices. 10,000 more permits than wells since 2004. 92 million acres of onshore and…

H.R. 5940 is a bipartisan bill which myself and Ranking Member Hall jointly introduced, along with 23 additional Democratic and Republican members of the Science and Technology Committee. The committee believes this legislation will…

I want to thank him for the introduction of this important and outstanding piece of legislation. As my friend Dr. Gingrey said, this is a bipartisan piece of legislation coming out of what I hope is thought of as a bipartisan committee. We…

my mother grew up way out in the country, way, way out in the country, and when she was a young girl their house burned. The only things they saved were their lives and the clothes on their back. Today, 70 years later, whenever my mother…

my grandfather used to tell me that the most important road in the county was the one in front of your house. And I think we all know that is true in many different ways, particularly in times of tragedy. We have been in this well and…

for too long we have depended on a handful of finite energy resources to power our economy. So as energy prices inevitably rise, we can continue to hand our money over to foreign interests, or we can invest that in our own country's energy…

Let me just remind all of my colleagues there is not one word, not one single word, in this bill that would stop any investment, any research in coal to liquid. Finally, Mr. Speaker, I want to say thank you to the Democratic and Republican…

Mr. Speaker, I recognize that we have had differences of opinion, differences of policy and differences concerning procedure for the last couple of days. But we have an opportunity, at least for the next hour, to have a little window of…

I want to say that I share the gentleman's concern about the issue of climate change and about the impact that it may have on our Nation. My committee held three hearings on the working group reports, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…

I have a 6-year-old daughter at home, and I am very concerned that she could be a part of the first generation of Americans to inherit a national standard of living less than their parents, a complete reversal of the American Dream. And if…

we spent quite a bit of time on the last bill talking about ``Rising above the Gathering Storm,'' the report. It charts a course for continuing American prosperity in the decades to come. I recommend that my colleagues heed the warning of…

The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program at the National Science Foundation aims to increase the number of first-rate math and science teachers in the U.S. The program targets two resources from which to recruit these teachers: one…

The NSF Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, as amended by H.R. 362, is specifically designed to help place highly qualified STEM teachers in every classroom across the Nation. I further agree with the gentleman that it is particularly…

Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong bipartisan support of H.R. 363, Sowing the Seeds Through Science and Engineering Research. Before my election to Congress, I spent my entire academic and professional career as a…

I just quickly yield myself the balance of my time to say this truly has been a collaborative, bipartisan effort. I thank Mr. Hall and his very able staff. We have worked together. We have a good bill, and we need to pass this bill.

let me take just a moment to thank the staff, Jim Wilson, and our minority staff for the time they have put in on this bill. Two years ago, Lamar Alexander, and our former chairman, Sherry Boehlert, asked the National Academies to do a…

H.R. 362 now requires the National Science Foundation track the proportion of Noyce graduates who elect to teach in high-need schools. I will seek to expand this provision in conference to require NSF to assess the effect of increasing the…