Lamar Smith: “Regrettably, the Obama administration has contributed to this situation.”

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

This Committee has demonstrated time and again that U.S. leadership in space is a bipartisan priority.

While research on carbon capture, storage, and sequestration technologies remains a priority, there is also potential to research ways to use carbon as an energy resource.

I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma, the vice chairman of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (Mr. Lucas), for yielding me time on his bill. The energy bill we are considering is H.R. 5906, the ARPA-E Act of 2018. It…