Lamar Smith: “Guantanamo Bay was never meant to be another Ellis Island.”

Jim Bridenstine is the right person at the right time in the right place, and that doesn't happen that often.

I look forward to hearing about the promise of fossil energy technologies from our witnesses today and how DOE-funded research supports technological innovations that improve the efficiency, environmental impact, and safety of fossil fuels.

The research done at Department of Energy national laboratories is vital to increasing the fossil fuels' efficiency and reducing environmental impacts.

I have no other requests for time on this side, so I am prepared to yield back if the gentlewoman from Texas is prepared to yield back. Before I do, I just want to thank the ranking member of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee…