Lamar Smith: “Challenging accepted beliefs through open debate and critical thinking is a primary part of the scientific process.”

First of all, let me thank the gentleman from South Carolina, Congressman Ralph Norman, for yielding me this time to speak in support of his bill, H.R. 6398, the Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act. I also want to say, I…

The Science Committee has held a number of hearings on the regulatory overreach of the previous Administration's Environmental Protection Agency.

I thank the vice chairman of the Space Subcommittee for yielding me time, and I appreciate all that Mr. Brooks, the gentleman from Alabama, has done for space exploration and for spaceflight. The House Science, Space, and Technology…

My hope is that every member of the committee will sponsor it or at least a majority.