Lamar Smith

Meeting our growing workforce needs in all areas of science and technology is essential for our economic competitiveness.

I thank the lead sponsors of this bill, Congressman Dunn, an 11-year Army veteran and M.D.; and Mr. Takano.

First of all, I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma and the vice chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee for yielding, and I thank both him and Mr. Bridenstine, another gentleman from Oklahoma and a member of the Science…

The NASA Authorization Act of 2018 is a crucial step in continuing the greatness of American space exploration.

Developing an exascale system is critical to enabling scientific discovery, strengthening national security and promoting U.S. industrial competitiveness.

I do support an increase in funding and will look for ways to try to achieve that.

Quantum is poised to redefine the next generation of scientific breakthroughs.

Now is the time to compose a national quantum strategy and preserve America's dominance in the scientific world.

The nation that develops quantum communications technology first may be able to decode-in a matter of seconds-other countries' sensitive national security information.

The American Space SAFE Management Act is the culmination of years of work that this Committee has undertaken.

I encourage my colleagues to support this bill.

This legislation promotes reliability in chemical hazard identification and dose response assessments.

This amendment represents a good-faith effort to incorporate constructive feedback received from Representative Bera and Representative Perlmutter.

Let me thank Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson and the 28 other Members of the Committee for cosponsoring this bipartisan legislation.

These basic research programs are the core mission of the department and will lead to scientific discoveries that will maintain U.S. leadership in technology.

I appreciate his initiative in drafting this amendment and offering it now.

I want to thank Chairman Smith, Vice Chairman Lucas, Environment Subcommittee Vice Chairman Norman, and Representatives Rohrabacher, Posey, Weber, Babin, Higgins, Lesko, Hultgren, Abraham, Webster, Marshall, and Dunn for cosponsoring this…

I firmly believe this amendment improves and strengthens the policy of the American Space SAFE Management Act.

This legislation, sponsored by Research and Technology Subcommittee Chairwoman Barbara Comstock, authorizes NIST's research and technology programs for 2 years.

This reimbursement directive serves to offset NASA funding reductions in Earth science relative to the president's budget request.

I again thank Rep. Weber as well as Rep. Lofgren for their long-standing support of basic research and investments in our world class science facilities at the DOE national labs.

H.R. 6468 is common-sense legislation that will re-focus EPA science back to its core mission.

With this great increase in activity, it is time for our nation to lead the world by establishing a space traffic management framework.

This landmark legislation, cosponsored by Space Subcommittee Chairman Brian Babin, Ranking Member Ami Bera, and Congressman Ed Perlmutter, establishes a space traffic management framework.

I think adopting my amendment would also make it more likely that we can actually get a good bill enacted into law, which should be our goal as legislators.