Eddie Bernice Johnson

Let's have the Academies look at the issue and give us guidance on what civilian agency is best suited to shoulder this new responsibility.

I strongly support efforts to establish a civilian space situational awareness capacity.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding today's markup of three important bills that support science and innovation at Department of Energy.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have an amendment at the desk.

Let me be clear. I think the search for life in the universe is a fascinating quest, and I'm also a strong supporter of exploration.

This is no way to govern, and it wouldn't be the first time this Administration has acted that way.

For that reason, I will not oppose the passage of this bill today.

In summary, my amendment is really a Science Committee do-your-job amendment, and I urge my colleagues to support it.

I will not object to the passing of this legislation, but I want the record to reflect that we have a responsibility to do the work that we were sent here to do for the good of the people of the Nation.

H.R. 5509, the Innovations in Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act, is a good bill, and I support it.

This bill builds on the Senate-passed space weather legislation that we're marking up today with some additional improvements.

This may be the least amount of notice I've ever received on a bill being marked up in the Science Committee.

I want to be clear. I strongly support efforts to establish a civilian space situational awareness capability.

The bills that we are considering today reflect many bipartisan priorities, and I hope each of them will receive strong support from Committee Members on both sides of the aisle today.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and good afternoon to everyone.

ARPA-E is widely considered one of the most successful and cost-effective programs at the Department of Energy.

The only discernible motivation for reversing course is that they just didn't want to endorse something Obama started.

This markup was noticed on Friday afternoon, well after most Members had left town.

I just want to voice that I support the gentleman from Illinois' amendment, Dr. Foster.

I support the gentleman's--from Colorado's amendment to privatize human exploration to Mars by 2033.

I do not support our Committee rubberstamping the half-baked efforts of the Trump Administration to address the issue.

I am very happy the Science Committee is taking the lead here in a cutting-edge field.

Perhaps if we really wanted to help the veterans at the heart of this bill, we should have legislated with a little bit more care.

This really is a bad bill that will ultimately result in bad science and sick people. I urge all of my colleagues to oppose it.

However, Chairman Smith changed the rules to allow weekend days to count toward the notice requirements.