Lizzie Fletcher actually said...

"I commend the Administration for establishing the Joint Committee on the Research Environment (JCORE) to tackle these and other issues affecting the American scientific enterprise."

"It is imperative that we work together in a bipartisan, bicameral fashion to advance a budget that funds our nation's priorities while acknowledging our very real fiscal challenges."

"Unfortunately, for the second year in a row it appears the majority in the U.S. House will fail to produce a budget."

"I know that Dr. Droegemeier believes, as I do, that American superiority in science and technology is fundamental to our economic competitiveness, our national security, and our way of life."