Lamar Smith: “Scientific prizes have long played a role in advancing technology. They encourage creative thinking, spur innovation…”

With clear Congressional direction, strong White House leadership, and NASA's tremendous expertise, we have all the resources available to make significant progress in human space exploration.

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.

First of all, I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson) for those nice comments. And she is right, this was a very bipartisan effort and a very bipartisan bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the…

Energy produced from fossil fuel is abundant, affordable and vital to America's security and competitiveness.