John Barrasso

Coal communities in Wyoming, West Virginia, and other states have powered this nation for decades.

Today, carbon is becoming the dominant advanced material of the 21st century.

The International Energy Agency has repeatedly stated that if the world is going to meet its goal in addressing climate change, we will need carbon capture, utilization and storage, period.

Innovation is a much better way to address climate change than regulation and taxation.

Let me thank you for bringing in these wonderful guests to talk about some of the most exciting research.

To what extent can coal-to-products manufacturing offset the economic and job losses in coal communities?

Last year, Mr. Chairman, you and Senator Capito and I introduced the COAL TeCC Act, which stands for 'Creating Opportunities and Leveraging Technologies for Coal Carbon.'

Well, thanks so much, Mr. Chairman, and I would like to, along with Senator Hickenlooper, thank you for putting this Committee conference together.

Shouldn't we ensure that universities have safeguards in place to prevent China from benefiting from this funding?

Our competition is with China. We should stay focused on China instead of creating wasteful rivalries between federal agencies.

Innovation is not a luxury, it is a necessity.

The international collaboration really may help advance science, but as a 2019 FBI report states--this open environment also puts academia at risk for exploitation by foreign actors.

China will remain the top threat to U.S. technological competitiveness.

It is hard to imagine addressing environmental challenges like climate change without further innovations in energy production, in consumption.

We need to ensure that our research does not fall into the wrong hands.

It is hard to imagine managing this pandemic without innovations in human gene mapping, in advanced computing and in vaccine development.

Are we all nuts for doing this sort of thing while we have preparers all around the country who are working and sending in things, and clients who have signed forms that are now incorrect?

On Day 1 of the Biden administration, with the stroke of a pen, President Biden eliminated thousands of good-paying American jobs when he blocked construction of the Keystone Pipeline.

Nuclear power is our nation's largest source of carbon-free energy.

During last month's cold snap, nuclear power plants, by one key metric, outperformed all other energy sources.

Thank you very much, I appreciate it.

Nuclear technology is fundamental to meeting our energy, environmental, and national security goals.

Now more than ever, Washington must advance policies to preserve and expand the use of nuclear energy.

The last program I want to mention is the IRRIGATE Fund, put forward by former Chairman John Barrasso.

This is Joe Biden`s crisis. He created it by his policies.