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Letter to NOAA Administrator Jacobs Demanding Answers After GAO Report Reveals Trump-Inflicted Damage to America’s Future Weather Satellites
Letter to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Neil Jacobs Demanding Answers After GAO Report Reveals Trump-Inflicted Damage to America’s Future Weather Satellites… Continue Reading
October 16, 2026Letter to DOC Secretary Lutnick Demanding Response to Outstanding Oversight Requests
Letter to Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Howard Lutnick Demanding Response to Outstanding Oversight Requests… Continue Reading
October 16, 2026Letter to DOE Secretary Wright Demanding Answers to Outstanding Oversight Requests
Letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright Demanding Answers to Outstanding Oversight Requests… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Lofgren Announces She Will Seek Chair of House Science Committee as Democrats Win Control of Congress
— This morning, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) made the following statement after Democrats secured the majority of the House and Senate in the 2026 midterm election: “Yesterday, the American people chose stability over chaos,” said Ranking Member Lofgren. “They chose people and policies that will make not only their lives better, but the lives of future generations better. Americans chose science and reason. They’ve put their trust in Democrats and our ability to deliver on our promises. S… Continue Reading
October 28, 2026House Democratic Committee Leaders Request Frontier AI Companies Report Misalignment & Safety Incidents to Congress Within 48 Hours
“While there is no question now that Congress must act to address gaps in AI governance, we must have the best information available to undertake that complicated process in a thoughtful and productive way.” (Washington, DC) - House Democratic Committee leaders with jurisdiction over artificial intelligence wrote to five of the nation’s leading frontier AI companies today requesting information and ongoing reporting to Congress about AI model misalignment and safety incidents within 48 hours of… Continue Reading
October 19, 2026Ranking Members Lofgren and Amo Demand Answers After GAO Report Reveals Trump-Inflicted Damage to America’s Future Weather Satellites
“The White House and OMB decided that it was more important to blind the country to climate change than to help the country more clearly see the weather and the public safety threats right in front of it.” (Washington, DC) - Today, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) sent a letter to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Neil Jacobs regarding NOAA’s GeoXO satellite program. GeoXO is the future fleet of the … 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