Lamar Smith

Today's hearing will highlight some fascinating technologies and efforts that will empower veterans.

Thank you, Chairwoman Comstock, for holding such an interesting and important hearing today.

Instead of relying on big government to solve climate change problems, we should look to technological innovations.

The answer that we've been given in terms of mitigation versus adaptation is that we need controls over people's lives and make their decisions for them rather than adapt economically and elsewise.

Overreaching and costly regulations like the Obama Clean Power Plan do little to reduce emissions.

I have in my career been very supportive of trying to develop certain technologies that I consider to be more efficient at providing the energy needs for the people of the world.

I'm a little bit disturbed by, number one, that over and over again I hear don't ever talk about whether or not mankind is the main cause of the temperature changing and the climate changing.

Technology, though, provides the solution.

I was pleased to see in the fiscal year 2019 budget a refocus on the biological and environmental research programs on genomic science.

Here are some excerpts from the book, ``Presidential Courage,'' by Michael Beschloss that might sound familiar: ``Andrew Jackson said, `I was born for the storm, and calm does not suit me.' '' ``Warned that some decision of his would risk…

I appreciate the gentleman from Pennsylvania, the chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Mr. Shuster, for yielding me time. Mr. Chairman, I support the FAA Leadership in Groundbreaking High- Tech Research and…

To ensure environmental progress, we must let technology lead the way. However, the liberal media often ignores news about innovations that would mitigate climate change. A recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency shows that…

While we are all familiar with terrestrial or Earth weather, what exactly space weather is and why it deserves our attention is much less widely understood.

I look forward to learning from our witnesses today and hearing their insights and perspectives on this topic.

The censorship of Conservative voices by social media has become more frequent and the consequences more serious.

I thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Perlmutter) for his enthusiasm about space. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Rohrabacher), who is a very active member of the Science, Space and Technology…

I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Bera), the ranking member of the Space Subcommittee, for the comments that he just delivered, and also for cosponsoring this piece of legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield 8 minutes to the gentleman…

I thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Webster), a valued member of the Space, Science, and Technology Committee for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5086, the Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act. The bill extends the…

A recent poll of Texas voters shows that they want to reduce and reform legal immigration and save jobs for Americans. The Pulse Opinion Research survey found that 63 percent of Texans favor less immigration than the current annual level…

Morning Consult recently asked Americans about their views of television's political bias. Respondents were four times as likely to say television programs present a more liberal perspective than a conservative one. The liberal media…

First of all, I thank the gentleman from Virginia, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, for yielding me time and also for his tireless efforts over the years to pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. Mr. Speaker, today…

Foreign countries' attempts to access and steal U.S. research and development pose an acute risk to our national and economic security.

We need to invest in young people who will go into fields where there is a national need and good-paying jobs.

This will not change unless taxpayers' money is better invested.

We are committed to maintaining America's leadership in science, thereby ensuring future economic prosperity.