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Bipartisan Letter to Optica Foundation CEO Elizabeth Rogan Seeking Answers Regarding Optica's Use of Undisclosed Funds from Huawei to Back U.S. Research
Bipartisan Letter to Optica Foundation CEO Elizabeth Rogan Seeking Answers Regarding Optica's Use of Undisclosed Funds from Huawei to Back U.S. Research… Continue Reading
March 21, 2024Letters to FCC in Support of FCC Rule to Protect Spectrum Interference
Bipartisan Letters to FCC in Support of FCC Rule to Protect Spectrum Interference: Letter to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel Letter to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Letter to FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Letter to FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington Letter to FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks… Continue Reading
January 29, 2024Bipartisan Letter to OSTP Director Prabhakar Urging Action to Address Sexual Harassment in Federal Science Landscape
Bipartisan Letter to OSTP Director Prabhakar Urging Action to Address Sexual Harassment in Federal Science Landscape… Continue Reading
ICYMI: McClellan Introduces First-Ever Federal Legislation to Establish Celestial Time Standardization
Bill Will Support American Leadership in Space Exploration (WASHINGTON, DC). - This week, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) introduced H.R. 8837, the Celestial Time Standardization Act, the first piece of federal legislation directing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish a time standard for the Moon and other celestial bodies. United States leadership of a sustained presence on the Moon and in deep space is essential for advancing science, exploration… Continue Reading
June 18, 2024Committee Leaders Lofgren and Lucas Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reinforce U.S. Microchip Manufacturing Edge
Today, House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK)—along with Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), introduced the Chip Equipment Quality, Usefulness, and Integrity Protection Act of 2024 (Chip EQUIP Act), bipartisan and bicameral legislation to prevent companies that receive CHIPS and Science Act funding from purchasing specialized manufacturing tools or equipment made by entities owned or controlled b… Continue Reading
June 13, 2024Ranking Member Foushee's Opening Statement at Hearing on State-Level Locomotive Regulation
Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight is holding a hearing titled, Environmentalism Off the Rails: How CARB will Cripple the National Rail Network. Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Valerie Foushee's (D-NC) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Thank you Chairman Obernolte, and thank you to our witnesses for appearing before the Subcommittee today. Since joining the Science Committe… Continue Reading
Federal investments in science are needed to reduce wildfire
It used to be that October marked the end of wildfire season, and the most destructive fires occurred in or around forested areas. But increasingly, more Americans experience the impacts of wildfires year-round. In 2021, nearly 50,000 wildfires were reported, which burned over seven million acres of land. And as we saw with the Marshall fire in Boulder County, sometimes the most devastating fires can happen in suburban areas in the dead of winter. As members of Congress representin… Continue Reading
February 22, 2022A federal coal ash strategy: putting health and safety first
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would crack down to protect public health and the environment from coal ash contamination. EPA will ramp up enforcement of its rules to prohibit companies from dumping coal ash into unlined storage pits, and to require those companies to speed up their efforts to close down the existing pits that have been shown to leak. As the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, I want to see our federal age… Continue Reading
January 14, 2022Mapping a Strong Future for Ocean Science and Technology
Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Statement for the Record on Amendment #30 to H.R. 4394, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Thank you, Chairman Cole and Ranking Member McGovern, for considering testimony related to H.R. 4394, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The amendment that I have submitted, along with my colleague from Virgina, Mr. Beyer, is fairly straightforward. It adds additional funds to the Office of Science account to increase support for Fusion Energy Science, and it correspondingly reduces funds for the Office of Nuclear Energy. Fusion energy development is at a… Continue Reading
December 14, 2022Chairwoman Johnson's Statement on the WHOSTP's Report on Sustained Arctic Observation
Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's (D-TX) statement on the White House Office of Science and Technology report, On the Need to Establish and Maintain a Sustained Arctic Obersving Network.I was pleased to receive the Office of Science and Technology Policy's report, On the Need to Establish and Maintain a Sustained Arctic Observing Network. This report is extremely timely as NOAA released their Arctic Report Card today, which details how shifting seasons and extreme weather in the rapidly wa… Continue Reading
April 25, 2022Chairwoman Johnson's Keynote Remarks at the American Meteorological Society Washington Forum
Keynote Remarks as Prepared Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology American Meteorological Society Washington Forum Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to speak with you today. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with members of the American Meteorological Society. Founded over 100 years ago, the AMS is the nation’s foremost professional society for atmospheric sciences. The work done by AMS and its members is vital to th… Continue Reading