Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5640 authorizes innovative basic research that will lead to the next generation of electricity storage technology. By harnessing the expertise of our Nation's national labs and universities, we can lay the fundamental scientific groundwork for the private sector's development of new, transformative advanced batteries in the future. I especially want to thank my colleagues on the Science, Space, and Technology Committee who have cosponsored H.R. 5640. They include Dan Lipinski, Steve Knight, Randy Neugebauer, Bill Posey, Randy Hultgren, Randy Weber, John Moolenaar, and Brian Babin. I also want to thank the dozens of researchers and stakeholders who provided feedback as we developed this legislation. I want to reiterate that H.R. 5640 authorizes no new Federal spending. Mr. Speaker, I urge the adoption of this commonsense, bipartisan legislation, which is part of Majority Leader McCarthy's Innovation Initiative. Finally, Mr. Speaker, tonight we are considering four Science, Space, and Technology Committee bills, and I want to thank the staff members involved. They include, Chris Wydler, Molly Fromm, John Horton, Cliff Shannon, Sarah Jorgenson, Aaron Weston, Emily Domenech, and Ashley Smith, whose birthday is today. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”