Lamar Smith: “The government has a role in promoting scientific discovery in the various energy fields.”

I have no other requests for time on this side, so I am prepared to yield back if the gentlewoman from Texas is prepared to yield back. Before I do, I just want to thank the ranking member of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee…

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

I thank the gentlewoman from Virginia (Mrs. Comstock), the chairwoman of the Research and Technology Subcommittee, for yielding me time to speak on her legislation. The bill, H.R. 6229, the National Institute of Standards and Technology…

Now that the Independent Review Board has completed its work, we should review the decades-long JWST cost overruns and schedule delays.