It seems to me that in this instance the Department of Energy was a bit overzealous in the removal of Dr. Metting.

97 percent of the scientists in the world...believe often reluctantly that climate change is real and that it's manmade

I find it very difficult to accept the premise of these state investigations on an issue of scientific disagreement as an academic but simply saying that this might be fraud or it might be a problem under shareholder laws, it maybe doesn't change the dynamic here.

The House Science Committee must focus on its role promoting science and ensuring that America is the global leader in research and development rather than scoring cheap political points.

thank you so much for coming here with so much optimism and so much energy, so much belief that we're doing a lot of things really well.

On the one hand is the ethical considerations, the responsibility to take care of people who are sacrificing for all humankind.

We send young men and women to go fight for us overseas because they're defending the country and we know we're going to lose some.

I think that's actually a really important question, and I'll speak to it from the ethics perspective because that's what I know...

We had a Mars hearing here a couple weeks ago, and with, you know, the big companies that are developing all the places to get there.

What are the pros and cons of such an approach?

This past weekend, the students of Longfellow Middle School in my district participated in the Aerospace Industry Association 2016 Team America Rocketry Challenge.