Eddie Bernice Johnson actually said...

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

We have been lamenting our domestic STEM pipeline challenge for decades, yet we have not made much progress.

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

As was the case at our first hearing this Committee held in the 116th Congress, we are focusing on the climate crisis.