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Letters to Cantor Fitzgerald and USA Rare Earth Following $1.6 Billion Trump Administration Deal
Letter to Cantor Fitzgerald Chief Executive Officer Brandon Lutnick Letter to USA Rare Earth Chief Executive Officer Barbara Humpton … Continue Reading
June 15, 2026Letter to NSF Acting Director Brian Stone Demanding Administration Cease Dismantling of the Ocean Observatories Initiative
Letter to NSF Acting Director Brian Stone Demanding Administration Cease Dismantling of the Ocean Observatories Initiative… Continue Reading
June 04, 2026Letter to NSF Acting Director Brian Stone Slamming NSF Covert Blacklisting of Universities
Letter to NSF Acting Director Brian Stone Slamming NSF Covert Blacklisting of Universities… Continue Reading
Lofgren, Warren, Wyden, Van Hollen Lead New Probe Into Cantor Fitzgerald, USAR After $1.6 Billion Trump Administration Deal
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee; Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; and Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, pressed Cantor Fitzgerald (Cantor) — led by Commerce Secretary How… Continue Reading
June 30, 2026Ranking Member Lofgren Demands Reversal of Changes Made to NSF Award Policies
Yesterday, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren sent a letter to National Science Foundation (NSF) Acting Director Brian Stone demanding that NSF rescind its proposed amendments to its Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG). On June 24, NSF posted a change to the PAPPG that would implement provisions of the Office of Management and Budget's proposed rule that aims to make sweeping changes to how federal grants are awarded. This proposed rule was initially announced on May 29, and the com… Continue Reading
June 25, 2026Ranking Member Lofgren Applauds Passage of Ten AI Bills, Commits to Fighting for Democratic AI Priorities
Today, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology passed ten AI bills through Committee. The bills are listed below. “I’m pleased that we were able to move ten AI bills through the Committee today,” said Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). “These bills are focused on the challenges and opportunities presented by the widespread adoption of AI technology. The bills passed today thoughtfully recognized and address the nuance and complexity around these issues. I’m thankful to my colleagues, b… 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 Lofgren's Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of Ten AI Bills
Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren's (D-CA) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Thank you, Chairman Babin. We have many bills to get through so I will be brief. The pieces of legislation before us are focused on the challenges and opportunities presented by the widespread adoption of Artificial Intelligence technology. This Committee as well as last Congress’s Bipartisan AI Taskforce have explored in depth both the challenges and opportunities associated with AI. These bills thoughtf… Continue Reading
June 24, 2026Ranking Member Sykes' Opening Statement at Hearing on Safeguarding Federal Research Funds
Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Emilia Sykes (D-OH) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Thank you, Chairman McCormick, for holding this hearing. It is certainly an interesting time to be talking about fraud in this country. We’ll get back to that in a minute. I’m a lawyer by training. I always enjoy a good legal discussion. But it does strike me as odd that we are holding an oversight hearing about the Department of Justice. We have a broad jurisdict… Continue Reading
June 24, 2026Ranking Member Lofgren's Opening Statement at Hearing on Safeguarding Federal Research Funds
Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Thank you, Chairman McCormick and Ranking Member Sykes. It’s certainly odd to have a Justice Department witness before me today in the Science Committee - this topic and witness would be far more familiar to me in the Judiciary Committee. Nevertheless, I am more than happy to talk about fraud - I am just a bit surprised that my colleagues across the aisle feel that the “fraud” theme this month is a comfort… Continue Reading