Lamar Smith: “I support the amendment sponsored by Representative Barbara Comstock, chair of the Subcommittee on Research and…”

“I support the amendment sponsored by Representative Barbara Comstock, chair of the Subcommittee on Research and Technology of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and the subcommittee's ranking minority member, Dan Lipinski. The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has jurisdiction over research, development, and technology programs at the Department of Transportation. In anticipation of a House surface transportation authorization bill, the committee exercised its jurisdiction with a transportation research and development hearing in June. In September the Subcommittee on Research and Technology marked up H.R. 3585, the Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 2015. It is essential that we find a way to maintain a healthy, substantive research base for America's transportation initiatives. We have to ensure that Congress gets its priorities right and that taxpayers receive maximum value for their hard-earned tax dollars. H.R. 3585 does just that. This makes the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's jurisdiction over R&D programs at the Department of Transportation particularly relevant.…”