Lamar Smith

I do thank my colleague, the gentlewoman from Maryland, for her amendment, but I must oppose it. This amendment would allow the Environmental Protection Agency to continue its practice of hiding data from the American people. This…

First of all, I would like to thank Science Committee member and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Schweikert for his great efforts on this particular subject. Our goal is to help advance not just any science, but the best science…

I want to thank the gentleman from Oklahoma, the vice chairman of the Science Committee, for yielding me time. Mr. Chairman, Americans expect the review of regulatory science to be balanced and transparent. H.R. 1029, the Science Advisory…

This rule could be devastating.

The President does not have any reason to propose these new rules, since our air is already becoming clearer.

It is absolutely imperative that we understand the gravity of what it means to carry our astronauts into space.

The commercial space industry offers improvements to the quality of life for every person on the planet.

The Commercial Crew Program offers a new way to develop human rated systems for government access to space, with the goal, of course, of ending our dependence on Russia.

America has always been a Nation of innovators and explorers. We continue to remain on the forefront of new discoveries and technologies.

It should be a top priority to launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil as soon as possible.

America has always been a nation of innovators and explorers.

Our challenge is to set funding priorities that ensure America remains first in the global marketplace of ideas and products, without misusing the American people's hard-earned tax dollars.

I don't know why the administration is ignoring the duly enacted RAMI Act.

I do want to emphasize and mention and applaud the steps taken by NSF to improve transparency and accountability.

I do want to mention and applaud the steps taken by NSF to improve transparency and accountability.

I don't know why the Administration is ignoring the duly enacted RAMI Act.

Is it too late for me to yield time to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Moolenaar), who I had mentioned a while ago was on the way to the House floor to speak on this particular bill? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Texas…

Just yesterday, the President vetoed a bipartisan Keystone pipeline bill that an overwhelming majority of Americans rightfully support.

The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology focuses on the future.

Just yesterday, the president vetoed a bipartisan Keystone XL pipeline bill that an overwhelming majority of Americans rightfully support.

The subject of the hearing is 'An Overview of the Department of Energy's Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2016.'

I am very suspicious of the letter that the EPA wrote.

I will recognize myself for an opening statement and then the Ranking Member.

The STEM Education Act of 2015 is bipartisan legislation that includes computer science in the definition of STEM education for programs and activities at our Federal science agencies. The bill also supports and strengthens ongoing STEM…

Let me thank the chairman of the Subcommittee on Space for yielding me time. I also want to thank him and Donna Edwards, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and Mo Brooks for sponsoring this bipartisan legislation. NASA has accomplished some of the…