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Letter to NASA OIG with Additional Information Regarding Goddard Closures
Letter to NASA OIG with Additional Information Regarding Goddard Closures… Continue Reading
November 21, 2025Letter to NASA OIG Requesting and Audit of Goddard Space Flight Center
Letter to NASA OIG Requesting and Audit of Goddard Space Flight Center… Continue Reading
November 10, 2025Letter to NASA Acting Administrator Duffy Demanding the Agency Stop Plans to Close and Move Labs at Goddard Space Flight Center
Letter to NASA Acting Administrator Duffy Demanding the Agency Stop Plans to Close and Move Labs at Goddard Space Flight Center NASA's 11/14/25 Response to Ranking Member Lofgren's 11/10/25 Letter Regarding Goddard Lab Closures and Moves… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Lofgren's Statement at Hearing on Genesis Mission
Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is holding a Full Committee hearing titled, The Genesis Mission: Prioritizing American Science and Technology Leadership Power. Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren's (D-CA) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Good morning and thank you, Chairman Babin, for holding this hearing today, and to Under Secretary Gil for being here. Under normal circumstances, I would now begin talking about the exciting activities under your por… Continue Reading
December 10, 2025Ranking Member Ross' Opening Statement at Hearing on The Genesis Mission
Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is holding a Full Committee hearing titled, The Genesis Mission: Prioritizing American Science and Technology Leadership Power. Ranking Member Deborah Ross' (D-NC) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Thank you, Chairman Babin, for convening today’s hearing on The Genesis Mission. I also want to thank Dr. Gil for being here this morning as our witness. This initiative led by the Department of Energy is a strategic … Continue Reading
December 09, 2025Leader Jeffries Announces New House Democratic Commission on AI and the Innovation Economy
Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced the launch of a new House Democratic Commission on AI and the Innovation Economy that will convene throughout 2026. The commission will develop policy expertise in partnership with the innovation community, relevant stakeholders and committees of jurisdiction. Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu (CA-36), Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) and Rep. Valerie Foushee (NC-04) will serve as Co-Chairs. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Ranking Member of the Science, Space an… 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