Eddie Bernice Johnson actually said...

We should be doing everything we can to ensure that EERE has the staff it needs to administer and oversee federally funded research as effec...

If the United States is to become a global leader in clean energy, EERE needs to be sufficiently and responsibly funding R&D in these areas.

United States leadership in science and technology has long given U.S. companies a competitive advantage.

We have risen to the challenge a few times since then, for example in the doubling of the NIH budget.