On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 30 seconds. I really wish the people who say they oppose this bill would actually read the bill. It is only three pages long. They can probably read it in 3 minutes. Let me read the last sentence of the bill itself. ``Nothing in this section shall be construed as altering the Foundation's intellectual merit or broader impacts criteria for evaluating grant applications.'' Despite what just might have been told, we don't interfere with the merit-review process whatsoever. The other thing is, when you come up with an example, as the gentleman just gave, it is clearly in the national interest. All we are asking is that the explanation show why it is in the national interest. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Loudermilk), who is the chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee.
