Sheila Jackson Lee: “Let me thank the gentleman very much for yielding to me, and let me thank the chairman of the full committee. Mr.…”

“Let me thank the gentleman very much for yielding to me, and let me thank the chairman of the full committee. Mr. Chairman, I rise to support Jackson Lee amendment No. 64, and I am very pleased to have the support of the ranking member and the chairman. This amendment is supported by Mr. Butterfield, who is the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, along with Ms. Adams and Ms. Barbara Lee. It focuses on Historically Black Colleges--it is something that I have offered on a number of occasions--and their ability to expand their capacity in science, technology, engineering, and math. It includes Hispanic-serving institutions, Native American colleges, and the National Science Foundation Directorates. It focuses these entities on building their capacities by collaborating with the Department of Defense. We know that the Department of Defense has a myriad of opportunities for research and development, i.e., some of the research that has been done on triple negative breast cancer, which is an amendment that I offered in the last DOD. Certainly, it is well renowned that the Internet had its early beginnings with the Department of Defense, and many other powerful research finds and successes have come from that.…”