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Letter to DOE Secretary Wright Demanding Answers to Overdue Oversight Questions Regarding DOE Award Terminations
Letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright Demanding Answers to Overdue Oversight Questions Regarding DOE Award Terminations… Continue Reading
September 22, 2026Letter to OSTP Director Kratsios Urging Removal of Dr. Wielicki as Leader of Climate Research Office
Letter to Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director Michael Kratsios Urging Removal of Dr. Matthew Wielicki as Leader of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) … Continue Reading
August 06, 2026Letter to OSTP Director Kratsios Demanding Transparency on OSTP Initiative Funded with NSF Money
Letter to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director Michael Kratsios Demanding Transparency on OSTP's "Grand Research Challenges" Initiative … Continue Reading
Lofgren Demands Answers to Overdue Oversight Requests Regarding DOE Award Terminations, Warns Secretary Wright of Consequences for Continued Evasion
On Monday, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright demanding that he answer multiple months-overdue oversight requests from the Committee regarding DOE’s 2025 award terminations. “For more than 15 months, my colleagues and I have attempted to conduct oversight of DOE’s award termination activities,” writes Ranking Member Lofgren in her letter. “We have asked questions, requested documents, and demanded answers directly from you during… Continue Reading
September 24, 2026Lofgren and Obernolte Lead Introduction of American Leadership in Fusion Act
Today, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Chairman of the Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Research and Technology, led the introduction of the bipartisan American Leadership in Fusion Act. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), and James Gallagher (R-CA) joined in sponsoring this legislation. The bill would implement the recommendations in the recent report entitled Fusion Forward from a bipartisan Commission of the Special Competitive Stud… Continue Reading
September 22, 2026Ranking Member Lofgren Urges Removal of Wielicki as Leader of Climate Research Office
Yesterday, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) Director, Michael Kratsios, urging him to remove Dr. Matthew Wielicki from his position as leader of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The USGCRP was established by law in 1990 to develop and coordinate a comprehensive research program to address climate change. Dr. Wielicki is a climate science denier who has built a career around belittling scientists’ … 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 Sykes' Opening Statement at Hearing on Biotechnology Innovation and Biosecurity
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. These are very important topics, and I look forward to a discussion that treats them with the nuance and complexity they deserve. Biotechnology is an incredibly exciting field of scientific research with immense potential to solve some of our biggest problems. From manufacturing to medical treatments to … Continue Reading
September 16, 2026Ranking Member Lofgren's Opening Statement at Hearing on Biotechnology Innovation and Biosecurity
Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Good morning. Thank you to Chairman McCormick and Ranking Member Sykes for this hearing. Thank you to our witnesses for appearing today. I want to start, Mr. Chairman, by asking unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from the American Society for Microbiology, one of our country’s oldest and most respected scientific societies. I agree wholeheartedly with Ranking Member Sykes that the voice… Continue Reading
September 15, 2026Ranking Member Lofgren's Opening Statement at Hearing on Innovation in Disaster Prevention
Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren's (D-CA) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Good morning. Thank you to Chairman Babin for holding this important hearing and thank you to the witnesses for coming to share your expertise and insights with us today. The topic of today’s hearing is timely. NOAA has announced that we’ve just experienced the hottest summer on record, and a historic “super El Niño” event is expected to bring more extreme weather events this fall. Climate change is int… Continue Reading